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Syrian President Hafez Assad, said one senior Administration official, is the "one person" who has the power to obtain the release of the seven Americans kidnaped in Lebanon over the past 16 months and still held hostage. Assad, however, is well aware that only Washington's concern for the safety of the seven hostages is inhibiting the U.S. from attempting any type of retaliation for the hijacking of Flight...
...receive college degrees. My brother will soon be added to the list, and I am not far behind. My parents will leave us not an inheritance of wealth but one much more valuable, and that is the citizenship we hold in America, a land that makes it possible to obtain an education and succeed in a world where many are not as fortunate. Steve Ramirez El Paso...
Parental consent though, can be more legally powerful than Royal or aristocratic suggestion. In Massachusetts, minors under the age of 18 need a court order from either a probate court or district court to apply for a marriage license. In Mississippi, young lovers under the age of 21 must obtain written consent for a marriage, or the parents will be notified via certified mail. The question is: will the certified mail or the postcard from Vegas arrive first...
Finally, Woodbridge ought to consider lobbying for the unique concerns of its membership. It is often extremely difficult, for example, for international students to pay the fees required to obtain an American visa. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has agreed to reimburse the $100 visa fee for graduate students in the scientific and technical disciplines; Woodbridge should lobby to extend this consideration to undergraduates...
Certainly, the questions posed by the GSC apply to graduate students as well as the larger Harvard community. Graduate students perform much of the teaching and research at the university, and many of us will eventually obtain professorial appointments. We interact at a more collegial level with Harvard professors than do the majority of undergraduates, and many of us have personal friendships with our professors and care about their professional careers at Harvard. Furthermore, many Harvard professors are deeply interested in the opinions of graduate students in regard to the current state of affairs of the university. The GSC poll...