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Free stuff is good 365 days of the year. For shopping period this year, Harvard University Health Services (UHS) and the Office of the Dean of the College designed free day-planners for any and all undergrads who would take one. The planners were distributed by Community Health Initiative reps, who, with their never-ending supply of slap bracelets, are quickly becoming fixtures of House life. The planners are incredibly useful for Harvard students and their million and one activities each day. Furthermore, the planners encourage dialogue about sex, mental illnesses, drugs, and gender issues. The sections in the back...
Despite these many wonderful features, the planner does have some advice and comments that are funny, ironic, or just plain bewildering. So while we do not want to seem critical of the planner, we would be remiss if we did not point out some of the book’s more interesting aspects...
...suggestions is to “talk to complete strangers.” Only at a place like Harvard would administrators have to coax students into interacting with their peers. But the advice that follows shows that the administration is perhaps as socially inept as the student body. The planner continues: “Talk to complete strangers in the dining hall and the library.” The library seems an odd place to begin a conversation with someone you don’t know...
Kathy Spiegelman, the University’s chief planner and director of the Allston Initiative, will be “dividing” her time between the new group and Harvard Planning, according to Vice President for Administration Sally Zeckhauser. Spiegelman, who in her role as director of the Allston Initiative reported to Zeckhauser, was travelling yesterday and did not return a call for comment...
...answer depends on several factors, not least of which is the reason for doing it. "If refinancing reduces your monthly payments and frees money you can apply toward principal, thereby getting the house paid off faster, that makes sense," says Mark Brown, a certified financial planner and partner in Brown & Tedstrom Inc. in Denver. It also depends on your time horizon. Planning to stay in your house 10 years or more? Then taking the extra cash from refinancing and investing it in something that has a higher rate of return can really bolster your retirement portfolio...