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...believes that we should replace our current definition of living standard based on income, with a living standard based on the freedom or capability to live a decent life, such as the freedom to own a home, raise a child, and to be educated. Such a change would be drastic, but it does not have to be revolutionary. Imagine a shift in policy away from promoting growth that may raise the incomes of the poor slightly but ultimately increase inequality, to a policy that would aim to reduce rocketing housing costs. That would be development...
...wrestle with pride, and if anything needs to change before EIWAs, it’s that,” O’Donnell said. “It’s too late in the season to make any drastic changes in technique, or make great gains in conditioning. At this point in the season, we have to trust in our training and preparation and focus on having a champion’s attitude...
...won’t merely wreak havoc on departmental rosters and course offerings. Students have faith that the social scene will open up and loosen up a bit as well. “There is a trend for greater cooperation between student groups and the administration for having really drastic improvements in social life,” Lee says, citing the Concert Commission’s negotiations with University Hall as an example. Lee predicts this is only the beginning. “Students will continue to generate really creative ideas for ways social life can be improved...
...quality of Harvard’s students has increased over the past hundred years, as Harvard has gone from a college for the wealthy New England elite to an international university drawing the best students from dozens of countries. But this alone cannot account for the drastic rise in grades. There has been only a marginal increase over the last 15 years in students’ SAT scores, for example, which cannot account for the fact that the mean Harvard grade point average rose an entire point over that period...
After a rash of pilfering scandals, including the theft of $127,000 from Eliot House’s annual Evening with Champions (EWC) benefit in 1993, the College responded by requiring a two-hour long seminar on financial management for student group leaders—however, administrators resisted any drastic changes...