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...gift to benefit undergraduates, especially if he or she wants class credit for it. Gifts that receive class credit are publicly recognized and added to the total given by members of their class, which is prominently displayed in the annual report and announced the afternoon of commencement. Nevertheless, only five options within the Harvard College Fund have traditionally counted for class credit: unrestricted, financial aid, libraries, faculty support, and graduate fellowships. Only recently has an “undergraduate life fund” option been added. And even now, it only appears on the online form...
...Nevertheless, according to Abell, it is entirely possible for the FAS dean to decide to spend the money on projects unrelated to undergraduate life, despite the donor’s intent and the Development Office’s advertisements...
...course, this isn’t a call to be complacent or callous—too many people still live at the mercy of inept, autocratic governments, or suffer from diseases long vanquished in the West. Nevertheless, humans worldwide are more prosperous, more educated, and more free to pursue individual happiness than ever before. We produce better products using fewer resources (thanks to the dematerialization of consumer goods); the environment is generally healthier (major air pollutants like sulfur and carbon monoxide have declined by 15 to 75 percent since 1970); and society is more tolerant (going from the Stonewall Riots...
...Nevertheless, Stand for Security’s decision to protest the University’s inaction through a hunger strike was a foolish and wildly disproportionate response considering the urgency and magnitude of the problem. Harvard is already a relatively generous employer, with its unambiguously worded Wage Parity Policy ensuring that subcontracted workers are compensated at the same rate as directly employed ones, and that wage levels are above the minimum established as a living wage by the City of Cambridge. Though the implementation of this policy has been called into question, progress on the issue should be achieved through...
Like many guest speakers at the Institute of Politics (IOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert S. Mueller III attracted unruly protests when he spoke in April. Nevertheless, the Harvard University Police Department’s (HUPD) heavy-handed response amounted to an alarming break with precedent and procedure...