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...Dean of Students, Archie C. Epps III has jurisdiction over campus life during the school year, but he goes too far when he tries to influence student's choices in summer jobs. By not allowing the Southwestern Company to recruit on campus, Epps and the Administration assume Harvard students are not responsible enough to make their own decisions. What is worse is that the University denies students of a crucial need-the need to make enough money during the summer in order to carry them through an expensive school year...
Contrary to the Administration's beliefs, there is very little risk involved. All Southwestern does is to provide the materials-the books-and to offer instruction on how to sell them. The rest is up to the individual. In addition, the company teaches each dealer how to manage his money and provides assistance on finding a place to live...
...Southwestern only gives students the chance to make as much money as hey are able, but the company does not hold any hand or make any guarantees-it just provides a chance to live and work independently. Employees work for a 42 percent commission. Although working on a commission basis can be risky, it also allows for more freedom and potential earnings are limitless. For instance, within a group of students from Yale, Brown, Trinity, and Middlebury colleges, net earnings ranged from profits of $10,000 to losses...
...should it be illegal for Harvard students to speak with Southwestern representatives visiting on campus? Harvard is one of the only Ivy League schools which actively prohibits its students from being able to find out information about such summer employment. Yale, Princeton, Brown, University of Pennsylvania and dozens of other colleges permit their students to meet with Southwestern on their campuses...
Clara Bingham '85 lives in Adams House and worked for Southwestern last summer in Detroit selling encyclopedias...