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Even more disappointing is the distinct scent of pork that permeates the UC’s lack of initiative. According to one UC representative, paying $1,700 for two months’ worth of newspapers for an entire campus, “just took money away from student groups.” Fair enough. Moments after voting down the newspaper initiative, however, the UC approved grants for similar amounts to individual student groups, whose combined impact for the undergraduate population is certain to be less than a stack of free newspapers in dining halls each morning...
...case basis, holistically evaluating the viability of the student remaining at Harvard. Though there may be cases in which a student is able to deal—or is even better off dealing—with their problems while on campus, universities are not mental hospitals; they often lack adequate resources to respond to the needs of suicidal students...
This extreme self-esteem can have some unfortunate consequences. The study goes on to claim that narcissists “are more likely to have romantic relationships that are short-lived, at risk for infidelity, lack emotional warmth, and to exhibit game-playing, dishonesty, and over-controlling and violent behaviors.” Welcome to Harvard...
...really the numbers that matter here; it's the lack of information behind the numbers. Whether it was China's intention or not, Negroponte clearly felt sandbagged as he left Beijing. And, together with the anti-satellite missile, that makes it twice in three months that U.S. officials have felt that way. "It's important in our dialogue that we understand what China's plans and intentions are," Negroponte said at a Sunday press conference before heading home. It's true that the U.S. continues to participate in periodic, lower-level meetings between Pentagon and Defense Ministry officials...
...fill the hall with a confidence in their unbounded potential as undergraduates. Not even a wayward chair, accidentally pushed off the stage to amused applause, could dampen their spirits. While this excitement, at its best, translated into heartfelt music, it also led to sonic imbalances and an occasional lack of polish. Such problems were evident from the concert’s first selection, Beethoven’s “Overture to ‘Egmont,’ ” op. 84. Written as incidental music for a play by Goethe, the piece depicts the Dutch opposition...