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Pennsylvania has just announced that it will pay a $300 stipend to help families of organ donors cover funeral expenses to mitigate the organ shortage. Payments for organ donations are currently banned by a Federal law that classifies human organs as a national resource, presumably along the lines of the...
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to increase the maximum federal Pell Grants by $400 in an effort to help students afford higher education. On this campus, though, the University endowment will be the main beneficiary of this decision, financial aid officers said yesterday.
He added, though, that this federal action would benefit students more than past legislation, which instead increased the Stafford loan limit. If the government had increased students' Stafford loans--which are interest-free until six months after graduation--Harvard would still have decreased the need-based grants it offered.
WASHINGTON: Like calling in the cat to get rid of the mouse, federal antitrust regulators are pleased with at least one aspect of AT&T's new role as the Cable Guy -- AT&T will be using its cable lines to provide local phone service, creating needed competition for its...
Some people are pleased by the greater levels of cooperation as shown in such bipartisan efforts as the 1996 federal budget truce. But others are left wondering--did we really vote for our Democratic senator so that he or she would acquiesce to slashing Medicare and ignoring education? Ah, how...