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...classwork. Melissa Meyer and Amy Perrin also credit Kumon with their new success in math. "This program has helped to give them self- confidence, a better self-image and motivation," says principal Bill McLaughlin. Nonetheless, Walcott teacher Cathy Fury finds most students still need aid: "It has helped the poorer students most...
Though the newborn denomination is mostly middle class, says Stallings, it wants to offer "spiritual and cultural liberation" to poorer blacks as well. Says he: "We teach them that they can free themselves through their unique history and culture." Unfortunately, the pressing need for such cultural affirmation among the nation's 2 million black Catholics has become obscured, both by Stallings' schism and by the moral accusations against...
...cost of nearby hotels, most of which require reservations for Commencement months or years in advance. Some even require a minimum stay of three days. The Harvard Motor Lodge, among the cheapest of nearby hotels at $98 per double room per night, is usually unavailable to the parents of poorer students, because it gives preference in reservations to guests who have stayed there before...
Perhaps lobster, prime rib, clams and beer actually cost this much. If so, then such a menu should not be part of Senior Week activities. A less extravagant meal--one within the budget of poorer familes--would be a far more democratic way to celebrate...
...performance groups to Sanders Theater, Harvard Real Estate--which manages Harvard's non-academic facilities--hired technical advisors, ushers and piano movers. HRE now charges student organizations exorbitant fees for the use of the professionalized theater--even for rehearsals. Rate increases of up to 300 percent may soon price poorer student groups out of the market altogether...