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...innovative. Though financial aid and admissions officers have declined comment, both President Neil L. Rudenstine and Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles have acknowledged the need to act. In a letter to the editor, Secretary of the Faculty John B. Fox, Jr. reported that at the Feb. 10 FAS Faculty Meeting, Dean Knowles said, "[T]he scrutiny of financial aid...is of course, made more pressing by the recent actions, for example, of Princeton and Yale...We must...ensure that the students we admit not only can but do come...
...agree with many of the sentiments expressed by Edward G. Smith '97 on acquaintance rape (Opinion, Feb. 23), although I feel the likening of rape to murder is indefensibly extreme. Where I disagree with him most pointedly, however, is in his dismissal of the debate over The Crimson's coverage of the arrest of Joshua M. Elster '00. Smith claims that this debate is "misdirected," taking our attention away from the issue of campus rape itself, which he seems to feel is the only real problem to come to light following Elster's arrest...
...page as long as it brings attention to a pressing social problem? Probably not, but his highly incautious language suggests as much. In contributing to the campus-wide discussion on the sensitive issue of rape, Smith ought to be a bit more careful than that. R. BRIAN SOMMERVILLE '99 Feb...
Five juniors were selected on Feb. 11 as national finalists for the Truman Fellowship, a $30,000 award to fund graduate study for students who intend to pursue careers in public service...
...staff editorial decrying the unjustness of the Solomon Amendment (Feb. 24), which prevents Harvard Law School (HLS) from receiving almost $1 million in federal funding because it prevents the military from recruitment at its Office of Career Services (OCS), misses one crucial point: the military is not an "organization," like a law or consulting firm. It is a necessary piece of our country's survival, and its primary concern is effectiveness, not equality...