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...white students at the most selective institutions come from the lowest socioeconomic backgrounds, while over 90 percent of students at these selective institutions come from households above the median American income ($60,000 per year). This lack in socioeconomic diversity is also linked to racial diversity, skewing not only students?? perceptions of what is normal or average in this country, but also what racial categories such as “Asian American” really represent...
...initiative focuses particularly on people from ethnic minorities since minority patients are less likely to find a match, according to HBMI co-chair Julie Goswami ’08. The effort involves the Harvard Cancer Society, Harvard South Asian Association, Harvard Asian American Association, Asian American Brotherhood, Black Students?? Association, and Fuerza Latina, Goswami said. The drive is also receiving logistical help from two organizations affiliated with the National Marrow Donor Program: the South Asian Marrow Association of Recruiters (SAMAR) and Matchpia, which also targets South Asian Americans. Goswami added that the Cancer Society contacted House masters...
...spirit of Thanksgiving, natives and newcomers will come together to gobble on a more upscale version of dining hall food in Dunster House tomorrow. The pumpkin pie may not compare to mom’s home-cooked treat, but Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) expects to feed approximately 600 students??native-born Americans and internationals alike—who are not making the journey home. “We plan to offer turkey, stuffing, and all the good stuff that goes with it,” said HUDS spokeswoman Crista Martin. The feast, taking place from noon...
...capable hands.This new, streamlined UC now needs to find a way to do more. We challenge this year’s candidates to find a ways to broaden the UC’s vision for student advocacy in order to address the big picture issues that most tangibly effect students?? daily lives, including ensuring that the College does not rest on its laurels with respect to social life improvements and making the realities of a Harvard undergraduate education worthy of its reputation.Debates on student life issues should be led by the UC. Two years ago, the UC loudly...
Colleges, then, are right to forgive some students?? lower scores. Leadership qualities, extracurricular involvement, achievement outside of the classroom, and raw demographics are factors that are key in evaluating every applicant. When the numbers are tabulated, a few snapshots of the data will look extreme, but this is no reason to flee from a worthy process...