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Though most seniors can agree that they would like to protest the genocide in Darfur, and that they would like to support their class upon graduation, they now have three different campaigns to which they can donate—Senior Gift, Senior Gift Plus, and Senior Gift Plus Plus...
Although the Senior Gift Plus campaign targets that which is wrong with Harvard, Senior Gift speaks to what is right. While all of us have concerns about the university, Senior Gift is a unifying way to say “thank you” to the college for whatever meant the most to us. Financial aid is a cause we can all support, but the reasons seniors choose to donate are individual. Some give in recognition of lasting friendships, some for exciting classes, and many because they simply believe in giving back to this community. But all join together...
...mean spirited. Why target a positive, senior-led effort as a way of sending a message to the University or its pocketbook? Why not refuse to buy food from the Greenhouse? There are more effective means of advocacy than simply signing your name and withholding money from the Senior Gift. Since the Senior Gift, the Harvard College Fund, and the Harvard Alumni Association have no jurisdiction over Harvard’s investment policy, we suggest that people who support divestment contact those with influence over Harvard’s finances...
Students who wish to improve the University can do so by contributing to Senior Gift and by contacting those in charge of the endowment. But to attack the generous spirit of giving and the causes that define Senior Gift is an affront to future generations of Harvard students, who will want to know why their predecessors took a stand against their own classmates, financial aid, and a better Harvard...
...government concentrator in Kirkland House. Michael B. Firestone ’05 is a history concentrator in Leverett House. Jessica E. Vascellaro ’05, executive editor of The Crimson in 2004, is a history concentrator in Currier House. They are co-chair and participation chairs of Senior Gift, respectively...