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...wait list, and rejection letters. The blog also aims to educate applicants and their families about the financial aid process. Several students on the blog discuss how the aid packages will have substantial influence on their ultimate choice of where to matriculate. “My impression of the mission of the blog is that it is trying to reassure people,” said Nicholas A. Geiser, one of the six student contributors. “Even though the economy is kind of sour and financial aid offers are down, it’s still possible to afford...
...collected wisdom of the ages, is to pursue and safeguard truth. Secular universities, enraptured by modish postmodernism and value-free social science, understandably have abandoned that creed. But for an institution sustained by the Catholic faith, which still, however unfashionably, purports to serve and honor the truth, such a mission ought not be discarded thoughtlessly...
...Pradesh, a northeastern Indian state. I had joined an expedition to raft down the Kameng, a savage, white-water river, which roars out of the high Himalayas through jungle canyons that are home to wild elephants, hundreds of orchids and three different species of leopards and tarantulas. The engineers' mission is to divert a tributary of the Kameng and harness its hydroelectricity, and this would be one of the last chances to raft the river before it loses its quicksilver fury. (See pictures of the turning points in Indian history...
...city council’s request is unrealistic and, since the council is offering few suggestions that can actually be implemented, seems to be based purely on political concerns. The council needs to recognize that Harvard’s mission lies in education and research, not in job generation, and to stop wasting its time with meaningless theatrics...
...result is doing less than it could and a lot less than the situation merits." Korski says there are a number of ways Europe can make a difference in Afghanistan, aside from simply sending more troops - from helping in the fight against corruption, to the EUPOL mission mentoring and training Afghan police...