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...final analysis, we do not feel that a multicultural student center is necessary at this time. The Harvard Foundation already serves as an agency for the promotion of intercultural understanding, and the benefits from closer offices do not merit the costs of the space...
Named for Malcolm Holmes '28, director of the Harvard Band from 1943-54, the scholarships are given annually to new members of the band on the basis of financial need and merit...
...Saudi European suit, according to Investcorp general counsel Lawrence Kessler, is "completely without merit, and we expect to see it dismissed." (Other defendants deny all charges). When TIME asked Kirdar to comment on the litigation, he not only rejected the charges but also said he barely knew Radwan and doubted he had ever spoken more than "15 words" to him. Both men, however, worked for Chase Manhattan in the Middle East in the '70s and, says Radwan, both attended management meetings. Radwan supplied Time with a photograph of himself with Kirdar taken in Switzerland...
...yearly rite of passage for the college-bound, and as the only nationally comparative factor, thousands of colleges and universities weigh scores heavily in their admission processes. It is used to narrow the field for designating Presidential Scholars, and (in the PSAT form) to hand out thousands of National Merit Scholarships. If the noble souls who write this test can't even figure out that giving an identical exam to the same people twice is unacceptable, should they be entrusted by students and learning institutions with such extraordinary power...
...often I'm bugged by little things that really don't merit a whole editorial. And since I'm denied that cathartic outlet I wind up getting unduly stressed. This in turn causes me to do silly things like worring about my upcoming Ec. 10 midterm. Well, recently I had an epiphany, I realized that I had collected enough little grievances to merit a collective editorial piece. So away we go with my list of the top five things Harvard needs...