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...Writing crosses racial lines in a lot of ways," he says. "We have a very open and generous faculty...
...overseers, fellows and other prominent alumni. The stunning news should, at the very least, prompt the University to spend more money. Harvard's endowment payout is typically lower than most other colleges and universities. These extraordinary investment returns, coupled with signs of a healthy national economy, supports a more generous endowment spending policy...
...dirty secret of recruiting: Most firms want you far more than you want them. Consulting firms and investment banks are in heavy competition with one another and depend on attracting name-brand college graduates to bolster their reputations. They don't offer obscene starting salaries because they're naturally generous people: That money is there to lure you away from teaching, public service, or continuing your education...
...also true that Harvard students would be universally condemned for the sheer greed of demanding even more on top of the already-generous salaries business recruiters offer. I imagine it would be similar to the scorn many people have for baseball players, who make more than a million dollars a year on average but still belong to a union and occasionally go on strike. Not fair! Recruiting firms have been exploiting student greed to win recruits for years. If anything, a union would mitigate the pervasive presence of greed on this campus by reminding students that there is more...
...time that all humanity woke up to the realities of global warming--something that scientists have recognized and warned about for years [ENVIRONMENT, Sept. 4]? After significant climatic change, the earth may be not as generous, richly diverse or hospitable as it has been in centuries past. What right do we have to threaten the existence of other species? Who are we to selfishly deprive future generations of the gifts of the earth? JANICE H. IANNELLI DI TOSTO Lincoln Park...