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Most seniors, I have found, do not go to the libraries to work because they have their materials, data sets, computers, etc. in their rooms. This home-office environment breeds some interesting habits, such as memorizing the horrible new pop songs that mutate out of the radio and checking the CNN Web site all too often...
...altruistic ones) primarily serve us: they help us grow and develop our conceptions of the good life. And they don't matter too much in the grand scheme of things. Students are expected to make mistakes, and we can change our minds (our concentrations, our plans, our careers, etc.) when we wish...
...mail message, "we try to create an environment where students can be as selfless as possible...[B]y comparison with the world outside and beyond Harvard, where people get on career tracks, want to do well in order to protect and provide for their loved ones, become geographically immobilized, etc., I think college--this one anyway--provides a rare moment, when most students are at a critical stage of their development, to open up rather than closing down and drawing in on themselves...
...they love something else more: those silly little things we call grades that lead to higher honors (which equals a better job, more money, etc.). The mad scramble for "gut" classes and the ridiculous amount of stress on campus during finals will bear me out: grades, not actual amount of knowledge, are the most important aspect of classes to Harvard students...
...endowment funds steady from year to year. Administrators fear that a large influx of money in a good year could be followed by a drought during a bear market. They add that the majority of the endowment is restricted, reserved for certain uses within the University (salaries, buildings, etc.), and so to increase the payout of funds for, say, facility construction would be inefficient in a time when the University is not looking to build...