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...other times this year. Although we understand the call to have a clear-cut policy as to when Harvard will match donations, we feel that the University should continue its current policy of donating when there is a tremendous community outcry, even though doing so appears arbitrary. In the wake of last winter’s tsunamis, the University matched donations from students, faculty, and staff up to $100. Harvard ended up matching $245,877 of donations to a variety of charities. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the University again offered to match donations. Although the exact numbers have...
Beyond a shadow of a doubt, Harvard University’s responses to recent natural disasters have been models for other institutions to follow. And that’s exactly the problem.In the wake of last December’s devastating tsunami in Asia, University President Lawrence H. Summers announced that the University would match donations to 26 approved charities up to $100 per person. The effort raised over $500,000, with Harvard contributing $245,877 in matching funds. After Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi, the University again matched donations to eight charities up to $100 per person...
...epiphanies. No matter what you tell the nocturnal vixen, her homely sister, morning, is always there to tear you from her nighttime embrace. You may say that you’re not a “morning person” but she’s there even if you wake up after noon. It’s better to get done with her early. Several of my roommates recently discovered the joy of eating breakfast and “like having the whole day in front of you to do stuff rather than just the afternoon...
...described the portrait unveiling as an unprecedented honor and experience.“For me, as a member of the first generation of my family to graduate from high school, this is truly a surreal experience,” he says. “I’ll probably wake up and appreciate it in days and weeks to come, but right now I don’t know how exactly how to deal with it yet.” His sister says he fully deserves the accolade.“He is so giving and so concerned about others...
Long before Hurrican Katrina exposed the racial and economic canyons of New Orleans for all the nation to see, Mayor Ray Nagin swept into office with high hopes of bridging those gaps. So how is it that now, in the wake of Katrina's devastation and dislocation, the Big Easy seems more polarized than ever about Nagin himself? To his fervent supporters, New Orleans' up-by-his-bootstraps millionaire turned city-hall reformer is just the right man for the job of rebuilding New Orleans, "the only guy who can assure accountability and transparency," says Tim Williamson, head...