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After a long and eventful semester that consisted mainly of drinking, sleeping, and avoiding my thesis, this column is coming to an end. We’ve been through a lot together, reader: relationships, substance abuse, unfortunate email exchanges, drama with parents??sometimes even classes. Now that it’s ending, I’d like to take a moment to put snarky advice aside and reflect on the year. Just kidding. Sarcasm is here to stay. If you’re a senior like me, you’re probably panicking every five minutes...
Remember your parents?? baseball? Kids could once spend an afternoon at the ballpark on a whim and some pocket change. Now, they almost have to choose between paying for a ticket and paying for college. Money in the game was running wild before, but the Red Sox’s splash has set an appalling new precedent that all fans will come to rue. Well done, baseball; you are managing to take the nation out of the national pastime...
...legacy status is merely a “tip factor” in deciding whether or not to admit a student. Legacies tend to be some of Harvard’s most qualified applicants, and most will likely still gain admission under a policy that does not consider their parents?? Harvard diplomas. We do not expect a renunciation of legacy preference to significantly change the makeup of the next year’s incoming class; rather, it is the public renunciation itself that is an important statement.Harvard, more than any other university, is positioned to take a principled...
...taking care of the banal and time-consuming chores of college life, from laundry to room-cleaning. Kopko’s next plan is to make college affordable for everyone. His idea is to get banks to award credit to students based on their potential earnings rather than their parents?? current finances. His company gained infamy in March 2005, when The Crimson wrote an editorial calling for a boycott of DormAid, arguing that use of their dorm-cleaning service was “an obvious display of wealth that would establish a perceived, if unspoken, barrier between students...
...past five to six years, Liu’s parents??who are retired journalists—have devoted almost all of their time to responding to readers’ e-mails. Liu says that her parents find it “most gratifying” to hear about the success stories of other students, who have benefited from her parents?? feedback...