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...prevent the general practice. Nor has the administration ever attempted to raise awareness about the existence of false donation promises, an act that would increase public scrutiny and prevent organizers’ abilities to make false promises. The administration’s nonchalant attitude toward imaginative interpretations of the term “charity event” is unacceptable, and it is its duty to apply firmer rules and enforce greater transparency about donation practices...
...Eleganza is an impressive event in its own right, and, although the organizers’ current outlook is commendable, its past false dedication to charity is less worthy of admiration. Similarly, the absence of concrete regulations to prevent abuse of the term “donating all profits” suggests that responsibility for the lack of attention awarded charitable donations extends beyond student groups to University Hall itself. The Office of Student Life and student groups themselves must work to end this lamentable practice—Harvard may be a breeding ground for future politicians, but students should resist...
...University Hall to 2 Arrow St. this year—will move into the Core Program’s office at 77 Dunster St., according to OIP Director Catherine H. Winnie. Financial constraints have prevented the Gen Ed committee from pursuing any money-intensive initiatives in the short term, including a proposed great books track, according to Gen Ed committee members. Kenen said that while the committee had been worried that the committee would not receive enough course proposals, those worries were dispelled by a flood of proposals this spring. “Faculty, like students, wait till the deadline...
...this a sigh-of-relief rally, or is something positive going on with respect to the longer-term earnings potential of financials? I don't think this rally has much to do with the longer-term earnings potential of these companies. I think the move in financials, mostly over the last four to six weeks, is primarily a sigh of relief. To be more precise, it's about institutional investors repositioning themselves in these stocks. Last year there was a mass exodus from financial stocks, and not just the banks. There was just too much risk...
...banks - these are the lower-quality banks that have been beaten up the worst, the ones people have more fundamental questions about, whether they will be broken up or will fail. Everything is rallying at the moment, but we would much rather be in the former group, the long-term plays in leadership banks. I'm talking about such companies as Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Visa, US Bancorp and Wells Fargo...