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...examine the proposal, which reported back some months later. Finally, it was decided that, for the most part, things needed to be handled by the Freshman Dean’s Office and individual House masters on a case-by-case basis. That this decision was almost verbatim the status quo before anyone did any advocacy hardly diminishes from the sheer majesty of the process that produced...
...relates to Asian designer labels and fashion in Asia more generally, the impact of marketing on consumerism is especially important. Asia is the land of the nouveau riche, an easy demographic to convince of the importance of symbols and status. As of the turn of the millennia, roughly half the world’s full-priced luxury purchases were made by Asians. And the industry is following the money: as of last year, Salvatore Ferragamo had 16 retailers in Singapore, a city-state of 4.5 million people; New York City, home to over 8.2 million and arguably the most developed...
...many loopholes for lenders to exploit.Cuomo’s investigation revealed many practices in the student loan industry that are at best questionable and at worst illegal. Most alarmingly, it found evidence of huge kickbacks for university officials who granted firms “preferred lender” status, thereby directing captive audiences—and millions of dollars—to a single company. The bribery involved in this subjective designation led to the firing of an Education Department official and three senior financial aid officers at different universities last April. The four had owned?...
...growing, but I don’t think it’s a reality for most people who are there,” he says. “Part of that’s just the financial reality, and part of it’s the status thing. People with a professional degree don’t want to go into jobs that are perceived as having a low impact, or being beneath their education.” Mahan himself eventually plans to attend graduate school, but is proceeding with caution...
...Hahn said. Several audience members vocally disagreed with this analogy. Linda M. Heywood, a professor of history in the African American Studies department at Boston University, took exception with this comparison. “In no way is the concept of Maroon relevant to the political status of African-Americans during this period,” she said in an interview after the lecture. “Let’s look at these people as Americans who had in fact taken in the notions that are inherent in the Constitution.” However, Heywood did not necessarily dismiss...