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...University uses no specific formula though for deciding what percentage of the endowment to spend each year. The result, over the past few years, has been that hundreds of millions of dollars theoretically allotted under University policy toward the yearly budget never materialize...
...study also determined that 72 percent of universities use a rigid formula to determine endowment distribution. But Harvard’s system allows for much more discretion, which can result in a lower endowment payout...
Barring injuries, the Crimson will look to reload next season without the leadership of such talented players as Buttles and Sprong. However, as they have proven this season, the skilled underclassmen, led by Logigian, Primm and McKenna, have figured out the right formula for success. The future, which fans have gotten a glimpse of this year, looks bright...
...secret formula that matched four freshman from the class of ‘76 in a corner suite of Wigglesworth Hall produced a very wiggy experience. On paper, the match was perfectly balanced: two midwesterners and two east coasters, although one roommate’s mother swore that one of the midwesterner’s had an east coast accent. We all rolled our eyes, not realizing that mom’s intuition proved to be a good sign. Each of us had an element of adaptability that made the year’s living experience a blast...
...Despite our wacky camaraderie, each of us elected to go our own way after freshman year. One took a year off while the other three either found new roommates or single suites. Too bad the Dean’s office didn’t apply that secret formula for matching classmates sophomore year. Who knows what a second year of roommate matching would have produced...