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...Committee on College Life (CCL) voted Tuesday to recommend the repeal of the tax on donations to the Harvard Gift Fund, which will rise to 15 percent within the next three years. Student leaders say the tax will place a severe financial strain on campus organizations...
Michael Crichton has made an excellent literary career scaring us about what will happen when our brains outpace our souls. In best sellers from the Andromeda Strain to Jurassic Park to his latest book out today, Next ("Welcome to our genetic world," says the teaser. "Fast, furious and out of control"), Crichton has for years been stoking the private ethics conversation that we are so clumsy at conducting in public...
...days following the violence at Cronulla-trouble also spilled into other parts of the city-those in Lakemba sensed a strain as the image of the suburb was again being spoiled from outside. The people of Holy Spirit College, a co-educational Catholic high school, felt they needed to show solidarity with local Muslims and promote the area. "It was a tumultuous week," recalls Holy Spirit principal Frank Malloy, speaking a year after the school canceled end-of-year beach picnics to Cronulla and its evening of Christmas carols at the school. "We wanted to say to the people...
...outscoring its opponents 112-51. d. It has not lost to the Bulldogs since 2000, a streak unprecedented in the history of the series, giving it a psychological edge before the teams even leave their locker rooms. e. All of the above. Now, don’t strain yourselves, my dear Yalies. When “all of the above” is offered as an answer, it’s usually the right one. And, sure enough, the preeminence of its skill players, the ferocity of its defense, the home-field advantage, and the recent results all spell...
Finally, an increased flexibility would take a significant load off students’ backs. A core curriculum demands that students plan their future courses perhaps years in advance, an unnecessary additional strain. An open curriculum guarantees that no seniors will ever face a year full of as-yet-ignored requirements. By the same token, it encourages spontaneity in class selection should one’s dream class suddenly be offered in his or her senior spring...