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Starting next school year, hundred of Harvard students could enjoy more generous financial aid packages thanks to a new law that will lower interest rates on federal loans and increase the size of grants for needy students. President Bush on Thursday signed into law a $20 billion increase in federal financial aid, boosting the size of some Pell Grants by up to $1,100 per year and gradually cutting the interest rates of federally subsidized loans from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent. The Pell Grant, a form of financial aid given to more than 5 million low-income students each...
Pilbeam, in his letter, said the UC "has not assumed responsibility...for verifying that underage students will not be reimbursed for purchasing alcohol." He added that "it is quite apparent that the UC Party Grant program, in practice, has funded parties where the focus is on drinking." And he claimed that the program created problems for the Houses by promoting events in cramped dormitory rooms...
...party grant program pays $1,750 every week to students holding events, disbursing the funds in the form of 16 separate grants, according to the UC Web site. The policies posted on the site say that the party must be "conducted in accordance with College regulations" provide food and non-alcoholic beverages...
Pilbeam argued that the UC, as a result of its party grant program, has not made the funding of student groups a sufficiently high priority...
...where attendees discussed the service days at their own schools. Fleming and Rafferty noted that their own alma maters, Wellesley and Bates, already have days of service. They then started to coordinate with representatives from the Phillips Brooks House Association and the Undergraduate Council, garnering a $10,000 seed grant from the Provost’s Office and raising an additional $10,000 from various sponsors. Undergraduate Council Vice President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09, one of the day’s main organizers, said preparing the event strengthened ties between College and graduate students. Despite a turnout...