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...primary reason for this, and the primary reason for the exponential increases in tuition and fees, is that federal and state funding of higher education has slowly dwindled over time. For example, twenty years ago federal Pell grants would cover a majority of costs at a four-year public institution. Now, at the maximum level allowed by law, a yearly Pell grant could cover about one third of a year’s costs at the same institution. Likewise state funding has dropped significantly. State funding covered about half of the cost of tuition in 1980; as of 2000 that...
...scheduling of theater. “He’s one of the few people I know who could balance theater with classes like constitutional law,” she says.After graduation, Musico is slated to attend law school at Columbia University. He’s in a special four-year program that will allow him to graduate with a joint degree in law and the fine arts. “Because of my interest in neuroscience, I originally planned to go to medical school,” says Musico. “But then I realized that researching science...
Erika E. Helbling ’07, a four-year varsity runner and Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps battalion commander, was also recognized with an honorable mention...
...position and giving her no choice other than to come to net. Mukundan’s next shot, a topspin winner that hit the same vertex of lines on the opposite side of the court, left the gallery breathless and applauding.Having ended her Crimson career with a win, the four-year starter Mukundan reflected on what her fellow senior, Forgie, contributed in her single year with the team.“I’m very proud of how far she’s come and how hard she’s been working.” Mukundan said...
...union of these two issues has not always been a harmonious one. The four-year wrangling over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is a case in point. Despite ANWR’s limited oil reserves, many Republicans viewed drilling as a question of national security: a year of our own oil was better than buying it from the Saudis. Democrats and a few Republicans wanted to leave it untouched and support cleaner energies. A similar divide emerged in the 2005 Energy Bill. Trumpeting the legislation’s promise to reduce America’s oil dependency...