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Almost a quarter more of the students accepted early to Harvard’s Class of 2009 requested fee waivers on their applications than last year, a promising sign for University President Lawrence H. Summers’ financial aid initiative...
This week, Harvard Right to Life (HRL) encouraged students to assert their opposition to elective abortion by opting out of a portion of their health services fee. The student group sent cards to each first-year and tabled in House dining halls, urging students to make a symbolic statement regarding their aversion to the practice by requesting a $1 refund from University Health Services (UHS). To criticize HRL’s annual campaign, which started in 1998, on the grounds that it causes any discernible harm would be petty; it has never led more than 101 students...
...their hard earned money on something that they oppose.” But if the University were to follow that logic, students would be allowed to opt out of myriad policies with which they feel moral conflict. Those against modern medical practices could opt out of the health services fee entirely. Vegetarian students would be allowed to abstain from portions of their meal plan fees, ensuring that their hard earned dollars were not going towards the purchase of meat. These abstentions are not allowed, and for good reason. Opening up an opt-out policy across the board would lead...
...subject of abortion to the fore of campus discourse. It is the right of every student group to raise awareness on issues about which they feel strongly. But we question Harvard’s unfair policy. Allowing pro-life students to opt out of this portion of their fee is fundamentally unfair, and the University should not permit...
...course of five weeks, the idea for a renewable energy fee went from what Pasternack called a “pipe dream” to a ballot item that won by a 64-point margin...