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Although Harvard's new fund is designed to prompt donations from women--the traditional constituency of Radcliffe's donor base--Harvard officials said the two new fundraising initiatives are not rivals for the same donor pool...
...made. Moreover, conventional methods of protest and external criticism of Harvard policies both seem to simply stiffen the administration's opposition to bold changes. The Carnegie Report is likely to be taken seriously by the administration and the Committee on Undergraduate Education, but it is not likely to prompt any immediate action. Harvard, for the most part, is hardly itching to innovate...
...actions like those dealt with here should occur in the future, they will be met a prompt and severe disciplinary response," the FSSC said...
...sure, Lewis' proposal does not mirror Annenberg's actions exactly. For a start, there are legitimate health concerns related to smoking, whereas sandwiches and soft drinks prompt no substantive concerns. Irrespective of this difference, however, both initiatives contribute to the "infantilizing" of Harvard students: first-years cannot be trusted not to eat mayonnaise-laden sandwiches that have been neglected for a week in their pockets; all undergraduates cannot decide whether or not to smoke without the College's assistance...
...when in my room, ensconced in my own time zone, I soon became completely incapable of determining the time at all. Instead of keeping me prompt, the sea of readjusted clocks began to eat away at my life: I had inadvertently created a space where the concept of time itself had been effectively destroyed. Perhaps I could have checked my roommates' clocks, but they were having similar time-related problems that made invading their rooms difficult--one was in the habit of going to bed and waking up early to take seven-hour practice MCATs, while the other slept...