Word: gifting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What's often been said of Clinton--that the man has a gift for inspiring affection with a word of greeting and a handshake--may be even truer of Lewinsky. By the end of her grand jury testimony, according to the transcripts, the courtroom resembled an Oprah studio taping. The woman who'd used broad smiles and cute pet names to soften up the Commander in Chief had turned the grand jurors to pudding. "We've all fallen short," one assured her. "We sin every...
When I learned about the Senior Gift Fund during my first year, I was greatly irritated. "My mother pays an obscene amount of money for me to come here," I squawked. "Now they want me to pay even more?" I angrily vowed that I would not donate a single dollar to the College when the time came to give. Simply attending Harvard-Radcliffe was expensive enough. Besides, my measly little contribution would never be missed next to the more generous gifts of more prosperous students...
...will come with the degree are priceless. From (hopefully) job offers to connections, lifelong friendships to learning in and outside of classes, the College has given all of us a great deal. The least we can do, it now seems, is offer up a few dollars of our graduation gift money as a small thank...
...most obvious answer is the Senior Gift Fund. But I question handing over my hard-earned token of thanks to the first hand that asks for it. After all, as much as Harvard-Radcliffe has given me, I still feel like I've been short-changed in many respects: a lack of women offered tenure, overcrowded lectures, a set of Core offerings that is beyond pathetic. Considering Harvard's reputation, these grievances are not trivial. If money talks, maybe I should make mine speak as loudly and as clearly as possible...
...Alternative Senior Gift Fund (ASGF), started two years ago by Megan Peimer '97, was a cause I sincerely wanted to support. The University will not receive the money donated to the ASGF until the number of tenured female professors matches the number Harvard once claimed would be hired. The Committee for the Equality of Women at Harvard is currently responsible for the money donated to the fund by the Class of '97. No word has yet been issued as to whether the Class of '99 will be asked to donate to the fund...