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...inability of most high schools to do the counseling job has even led a few colleges to take up the slack. Says John Ruohoniemi, admissions director of St. Olaf College in Minnesota: "If the student is not right for us, we're going to suggest ways for him or her to find the right school." To Rice Admissions Director Ron Moss, his college's effort to help Houston high schoolers is simply a community obligation. "Colleges are a resource," he notes. "They have to come down out of their ivory tower...
...other hand, perhaps our indignation over this snub is another example of Harvard arrogance. Sure, other presidents have made it here for anniversary celebrations. Harvard has had luminaries like King Juan Carlos, Alexander Solzhynitsin, Olaf Palme, Giscard d'Estaing, and even Burt Ward visit recently. But it took four years for Reagan to find the time to meet with any Soviet leader, and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachov still gets put on hold when he calls to wish Ron a happy birthday. So who are we to complain...
...gets the idea that lots of teams simply couldn't think of anything so they just made up stuff that alliterated with the name of the college. The Utah Utes, the St. Olaf Oles, the Muhlenberg Mules and the Illinois Fighting Illini are all cop outs...
Last year, Swedish Prime minister Olaf Palme lectured at Harvard, but declined to accept his $5000 honorarium. Four months later his son received a scholarship at the Kennedy School for approximately $5000. This seemingly obscure data caused a major furor in Sweden this summer as members of the Swedish news media charged the Prime Minister had committed tax fraud by backhandedly trying to secure the scholarship for his son. Opponents of Palme charged that by refusing a highly taxable fee for the speech, he intended to defer the money for a tax-free study grant for his son. Both Palme...
Last year, Swedish Prime minister Olaf Palme lectured at Harvard, but declined to accept his $5000 honorarium. Four months later his son received a scholarship at the Kennedy School for approximately $5000. This seemingly obscure data caused a major furor in Sweden this summer as members of the Swedish news media charged the Prime Minister had committed tax fraud by backhandedly trying to secure the scholarship for his son. Opponents of Palme charged that by refusing a highly taxable fee for the speech, he intended to defer the money for a tax-free study grant for his son. Both Palme...