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RAISING THEIR BABY Zuckerberg’s most prized possession is parked below the Los Altos house. It’s a sleek black Infiniti FX35, fresh off the lot, the only car in the garage. The best part: he received it as a gift...
Boycotting the Senior Gift may not seem like a radical act, but it is a concrete action against our University’s policy. We’ve petitioned, pleaded, and argued long enough. It’s time to stop complaining and do something...
...objections come from two sides. Some people argue that a Senior Gift boycott is really just a symbolic effort, since the money is such a small percentage of the University’s endowment. But the Gift’s chief value is as a propaganda tool. Harvard uses the Senior Gift to show alums that seniors are happy. Even if students are complaining about Harvard’s policies, donations to the Senior Gift are seen by alums as evidence that Harvard is still a good target for largesse. If alums find out that students are angry because Harvard...
...other argument against Mahan and Terry’s plan is that the Senior Gift makes Harvard’s generous financial aid program possible. Taken literally, this argument is so obviously bogus that it’s not really worth disputing. The Senior Gift produces roughly $30,000 a year, roughly 0.05 percent of the Harvard College Fund that the Gift goes into. That’s nowhere near enough money to make any real difference in the amount of financial aid we receive. What those who make this argument understand is that student giving has an influence...
Mahan and Terry have set up an account where concerned students can donate to Senior Gift without supporting Harvard’s human rights record. If Harvard divests in the next six months, the money will go to the Harvard College Fund, where Senior Gift donations normally go. If not, the money goes to the Carr Center for Human Rights, a Harvard program that promotes human rights around the world. Mahan and Terry are giving students an opportunity to support Harvard and take a stand for human rights at the same time...