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...recent 3.5 percent tuition hike, this increase is a valuable one of which the effects will be immediately visible. Most undergraduates may not know where their $34,269 per year goes, especially in the context of Harvard's $19 billion-plus endowment, but they will be able to observe first-hand the results of more money for their on-campus organizations. Furthermore, the fee is optional, and students who choose not to pay it are by no means required...
...deejay says he has experienced the station's low name recognition first-hand...
...University president, of course, will still be academic in nature. Summers brings impeccable scholarly credentials to the table. A tenured professor at a mere 28 years old, Summers' work in applied and theoretical economics has been roundly hailed as spectacular. Moreover, as a former Harvard professor, Summers has a first-hand, insider's perspective on Harvard's educational strengths and weaknesses. But while we have full faith in Summers' credentials, we do not yet know his plans for higher education in general or for Harvard's undergraduates in particular...
Gerken's extensive commentating on the election gave her a first-hand look at the vast media operation surrounding the election controversy...
...initiative for the campaign came from Ambika Patni '02, whose parents and aunts live in India and felt the effects of the quake. Patni said the reports of devastation that she read in the newspapers and the first-hand accounts of her relatives gave her a feeling of helplessness that inspired her to seek a meaningful way in which she and the Harvard community could contribute to the relief work...