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...may be wondering how you got here—you’ve spent the past 18 years padding your resume, doing all of your homework, enrolling in foreign-language immersion programs, rehearsing Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” until your calluses bled, and now you’re finished. For many of you, gaining acceptance into Harvard was a tireless goal; for others, it was a hopeful prayer before tossing your application in the mail. Regardless of how you came to call yourself an incoming Harvard student, you made...
...we’re congratulating you, however, we’d like to remind you of the new realities you’ll face as a Harvard student. The first of these is, of course, tuition. You may have been accepted into Harvard, but, as with any college, the balance on your term bill will determine whether or not you actually get to live within the gates of Harvard Yard. After all, a world-class education does cost money. Tuition increased 3.5 percent this past year—that?...
...that’s not all. You should probably buy textbooks, which can cost hundreds of dollars each semester. You may also want some food to snack on when you’re churning out a paper at 2 a.m., and fortunately overpriced burritos from Harvard Square are always available to substitute the money you’re losing with a few extra pounds. On that note, you may also want to look into a gym membership—it may be expensive, but you have to avoid that freshman fifteen, right...
...may be wondering why we’re talking about alumni giving—after all, you’re not even a student here, let alone an alumnus. But while you’re getting ready to start your four years at Harvard, we’re getting ready to leave. And we depart with the knowledge that Harvard has provided opportunities we couldn’t have gotten anywhere else. Yet we—like the majority of seniors in our class—will graduate debt-free. We know...
...may soon have to rethink our view of the “tolerant” Dutch. In the Netherlands’s upcoming general election, the far-right candidate, Geert Wilders, is the current favorite to end up as prime minister in a coalition government. However, Wilders has labeled Islam “retarded” and has called to ban the Koran. These dismaying steps are part of an eruption of Islamophobia throughout Europe. Across the Continent, the far right has exploited fears of terrorism and changing demographics with great success. Although people should have the right to oppose...