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...knowing that there is another check on wasteful spending.A University tax on these gift accounts undermines these advantages and risks defeating the purpose of creating the accounts. Not only do student groups receive less money from their withdrawals, but a tax also makes it more difficult for groups to solicit donations in the first place. Alumni want to know where their money is going, and they will be dissuaded from contributing to student groups if 15 percent of their donation will be involuntarily diverted to an unspecified location in the University. Additionally, the imposition of this tax without any warning...
...mail sent to student group leaders on Sept. 7, Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin II wrote that a 15-percent tax on group gift accounts—which enable groups to solicit tax-deductible donations—will be phased in during the next three years...
...most popular of these seminars, such as Professor David H. Hubel’s “The Neurophysiology of Visual Perception,” can draw over 100 applications for one of their coveted spots. But fear not, young Skywalker. Most of the others don’t solicit enough interest to fill their 12-person caps, and with courses ranging from “Beethoven’s String Quartets” to “A Cultural History of the Banana,” you’ll have no problem finding the perfect class to make...
...scholarly work, we give our colleagues chapters of our books to read, we solicit their help with research problems we have, and we continually strive to improve the quality of our work,” Knowles wrote. “Why should we not act analogously, in our teaching...
Prosperity's defenders claim to be able to match their critics chapter and verse. They caution against broad-brushing a wide spectrum that ranges from pastors who crassly solicit sky's-the-limit financial offerings from their congregations to those whose services tend more toward God-fueled self-help. Advocates note Prosperity's racial diversity--a welcome exception to the American norm--and point out that some Prosperity churches engage in significant charity. And they see in it a happy corrective for Christians who are more used to being chastened for their sins than celebrated as God's children...