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...full scholarship, a dorm crew job and a few loans. So when Fitzsimmons talks about low-income students, he doesn’t usually say “low-income” or “poor,” but “kids from my kind of background?? or “kids like...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Classy Affair | 11/13/2003 | See Source »

...right background??senior tutor in Dunster House, a law degree from [the University of Pennsylvania]—and had the recommendation of everyone concerned,” Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 wrote in an e-mail...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp and Rebecca D. O’brien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Ad Board Secretary Promoted | 10/14/2003 | See Source »

Throughout his life, Said was forced to defend his background??particularly in the face of criticism for his strong support for Palestinian nationalism despite his birth on what is now considered Israeli soil...

Author: By Ivana V. Katic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Edward Said, Vocal Palestinian Advocate and Scholar, Dies at 67 | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

...don’t feel that the situation is that dire,” he said, noting that his European background??he hails from Italy—may contribute to his viewpoint. “I don’t think that there is anything wrong with students drinking one beer a day,” he added...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp and Rebecca D. O’brien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Gross To Tackle Alcohol, Social Alternatives | 5/2/2003 | See Source »

...would inevitably be connected in some form to the GSD. The best structure of that relationship would need to be strategically determined, but undergraduates would not necessarily be seen as a burden at the GSD. Instead, they would bring a unique perspective—informed by a liberal arts background??that would heighten conversation and debate in the classroom...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, | Title: Redesigning Architecture at Harvard | 4/21/2003 | See Source »

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