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...free USB flash drives, which were gift wrapped, are not for sale to the general public, but comparable products retail for more than...
...Senior Gift supports financial aid and college improvements. To attack this effort as a means to address divestment of the Harvard endowment is misguided and wrong. The money raised by Senior Gift does not contribute to the endowment, and the Harvard College Fund does not determine investment policy. Those who try to set these two honorable causes against each other have done so to the detriment of both...
...Senior Gift is a positive, student-led effort that educates classmates about giving to the College and encourages a small contribution to a collective class gift. The Gift doesn’t go towards stone benches, iron gates, or planting trees in the Yard. We all agree that Harvard has enough of such things. Instead, one’s gift is donated (depending upon the individual’s request) to either financial aid or college life improvements. This year, about 150 members of the Class of 2005 have volunteered to talk to their friends and Housemates about these causes...
While the point has been made that the Senior Gift is small compared to the millions of dollars that are donated every year to financial aid scholarships, this does not mean that it is insubstantial. This year, Harvard announced one of the largest ever expansions of its financial aid program, drastically lessening the contribution of families that make $40,000 to $60,000 per year. Families with an income of less than $40,000 per year will now pay nothing to Harvard for their child’s education. Those who contribute to Senior Gift will join together with thousands...
Currently, Senior Gift volunteers are under siege by an organization that will withhold gifts until Harvard divests from PetroChina, a company that invests in Sudan. Recently, they’ve co-opted the Senior Gift name, confusing our classmates and distracting attention from the causes of financial aid, college improvements, and giving back to Harvard. It’s difficult to talk to busy seniors, and it’s always awkward to ask for money, but we’re now also being painted as supporting the Sudanese genocide. Rather than allow two important issues to be debated...