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This year's election seems to be different. My ballot packet is larger than usual and filled with alarms. Three candidates have been nominated by petition, circumventing the AlumniAssociation. These candidates are running, according to the cover letters in the packet, for the sole purpose of bringing up the University's policy of continuing to invest in firms doing business in South Africa. The ballot packet's cover letter draws my attention to this disturbing fact, and the packet thoughtfully includes a one page description of the University's current policy on South African investments. The packet also includes...
...patiently waiting for the follow up packet. I mean, of course, the packet which will detail the changes in Harvard's investment policies which the petition-nominated candidates are seeking, and their reasons for doing so. This packet, which I'm sure has been prepared in the spirit of fairness, will allow those of us who already received the administration's position to make an informed judgement...
FROM THE MOMENT you receive your application packet, Harvard admissions officers start hammering the notion of diversity into your head. Convinced, you sign on. Looking forward to escaping from the sheltered environment of a homogeneous high school, you leave home for the Yard with visions of melting pots dancing in your head...
...bill, the Republicans told Reagan, did not reflect his original tax- reform plan. It had been usurped and ideologically warped by the Democrats, they said. Reagan listened patiently. Then he pulled out a packet of index cards and began a prepared response. He understood the Congressmen's concerns. He too would oppose the bill -- if it were unchanged in the final version. But for the process to continue, the bill must be passed and sent to the Senate, where it could be improved. If killed in the House, there would be no second chance...
This is not a trivial matter. Each packet was mailed through the U.S. Postal Service at a cost of $1.07. Multiplying this by the approximately 6400 undergraduates at Harvard reveals that over $6800 was spent on distribution alone. (This sum does not take into account the graduate students who received the mailing.) Each packet contained over 60 pages of printed material. Even at an extremely conservative estimate of $0.32 per packet (one half cent per page) for printing costs, this adds up to a total of over $2000. Even if every undergraduate wished to view these reports (which seems highly...