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While the Gen Ed program suffered from a lack of publicity, Harvard’s new financial aid initiative was showered with media attention. And for good reason: The program is a major step forward in eliminating socioeconomic barriers to attending college. The initiative??which limits annual tuition payments to no more than 10 percent of income for families making between $120,000 and $180,000 annually—allows families in that bracket to save several thousand dollars in tuition payments per term. Other aspects of the initiative demonstrate a sensitivity to college life for students receiving...
...CORI reform shows, protecting the citizens of Massachusetts is a worthy goal, but one whose initial steps can be misguided. The Safe Homes initiative??started this year by the Boston Police Department—involved police teams working with community committees to search for and remove any firearms owned by minors at the permission of the adults of the household. While the intentions of this initiative were salutary, it is essential that awareness of the optional nature of the searches is widespread, and that the officers’ primary intention upon entering the house is to remove firearms...
...California’s ban on gay marriage when voters had passed a state-wide initiative upholding it in 2000. However, such arguments overlook the Court’s duty to intervene on behalf of the minority when their rights are at stake. The Court accurately viewed the 2000 initiative??which defined marriage as solely between a man and a woman—as a violation of the rights of gay and lesbian couples. Therefore, the Court had no choice but to discount majority sentiment in order to rectify the situation. While some religious organizations voiced outrage following...
...online publishing a priority since arriving at Harvard last year from Princeton. In addition to collaborating with Palfrey on the Law School proposal, Darnton has also worked to digitize subject-specific collections in the library—notably through Harvard’s participation in the Google Book Search initiative??and said that he hopes Harvard will continue to share its “intellectual riches” with the rest of the world. “These two resolutions are really about openness,” Darnton said. “Our rationale is simply that...
...With physics professor Efthimios “Tim” Kaxiras slated to replace Goodman on an interim basis, the extent of the Initiative??s future growth remains uncertain...