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...reason colleges are curbing tuition increases is to attract those middle-income students. Rice University in Houston uses its $3 billion endowment to guarantee that tuition for sophomores, juniors and seniors will not leap ahead of the consumer price index. Another reason for restraint is concern that public outrage will prompt government intervention. Congress is already tackling the issue during two days of hearings this week, and President Clinton recently proposed a $31 billion package to make higher education more affordable. Now if only someone could do something about campus parking...
...like to think about it," says Estuardo Aguilar-Cordova of the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, "is that we've finished Chapter One of a very long book. We've had the introduction, the expectations out of line with reality, and a tremendous amount of hype. Now we're seeing a closure to Chapter One and we're beginning Chapter Two, this time with more realistic expectations...
...Houston), Baltimore, Las Vegas, St. Louis, and the other cities being...
brought the city its only two major-sport championships, but because the people of Houston wanted a little break from handing money to billionaires...
...attended summer school at Harvard, knocked on the door of Cabot House resident David E. Martin '00 Friday night, calling himself "Colin" and saying he had come from Houston to meet a friend in Cambridge. Through a series of mishaps, the man had not been able to find his friend, according to Martin. The man then explained that he had lived in Martin's room during his summer school stay...