Word: moneyed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make much difference anyway. If half of all seniors each gave $25, the total Senior Gift would still only amount to $20,000. That is, quite frankly, peanuts, in a Faculty of Arts and Sciences annual budget of more than $700 million. I guess Harvard could use the money to buy two more of those Johnston gate guardhouses though...
...does the University push the Class Gift at all? So it can instill in us the habit of giving money to Harvard. Our $25 today will mean nothing, but when one of us becomes head of IBM, then his or her multimillion donation to Harvard will have been worth it. Harvard is also training its future alumni old boy/girl network to do its fundraising. Guess who they...
THERE are, of course, those who would rather you give money to the recently-resurrected Endowment for Divestiture (E4D) This is, in some ways, even worse than giving money to Harvard directly. This mind-set of giving Harvard money is still created, but it is wrapped up in the pseudo-issue of divestiture. Supporters for E4D should realize that their $25,000 provides not a single ounce of leverage on the University...
...give money to E4D, you're just giving Harvard money anyway (or Phillips Brooks House, if Harvard doesn't divest by 2003). But I suppose E4D acts as a slave for those rich limousine liberals who want to give some of their millions to Harvard, without offending their sensitive, trendy, politically-correct activist consciences...
Seniors, if anyone asks you for money, just say no. After all, after four years of poor food, poor housing, a miserable gym, untenured junior faculty, all for the bargain price of $72,000, you might as well spend some money on yourself...