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...University. “[Donors] want their money to go to things that they really care about,” Mark Hissey ’84 explains, adding that donors do not necessarily question the responsibility of University leaders—instead, an inherent level of suspicion arises when giving to what some perceive as a “slush fund.”Fundraising numbers for the current fiscal year are not yet available, and the numbers for May and June—which comprise the final push for class reunion fundraising—typically boost year-end results...
...Zeidel adds that he does not think the Medical School was treated fairly during the student protests last fall. He says that the students did not give HMS the opportunity to address the issue internally before going public...
...which we don’t like to do unless it’s obvious that they don’t fit the Gen Ed mandate,” says Gen Ed committee member Edward J. Hall, who adds that he wishes that the body had the money to give professors summer stipends to create new courses. Since more classes still need to be developed, the Gen Ed committee will not allow caps on course enrollment (originally a tenet of the program) in front-of-the-book Gen Ed classes for the next few years because the menu...
...think this is an amazingly important, exciting, but also troubling moment,” he said. “It’s exciting because young people are stepping up and want to serve, but it’s frightening because our current system doesn’t always give people the opportunity to serve.” Kennedy School Professor Robert I. Rotberg agreed that the federal government would benefit from an increased number of talented students entering the public sector. “I hope people pay attention and they get developed,” Rotberg said...
...Warren, who has risen to national prominence in recent months as overseer of the Troubled Assets Relief Program, seems unlikely to give up her government position to return to Cambridge in an administrative role...