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...serious roadblock to this mission stems from the structure of the private student loan industry. The common practice of private loan corporations entering into partnerships with universities to be listed as “preferred lenders” has a deleterious impact on students. This year, the Department of Education issued new federal rules aimed at curtailing financial exploitation. Though these new policies were well intentioned, they were also more lenient than many state regulations already in place. The federal intervention could weaken current state laws and undo the accomplishments of New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo...
...provider, were used on a trial basis with a responsible privacy agreement, there does not seem to be a concrete reason to fear decreased autonomy or information leaks. Many other educational institutions have successfully turned to outside providers like Google and Microsoft for their e-mail needs. The biggest roadblock to Harvard following suit seems to be closed-minded thinking. This is unacceptable when so many readily available solutions exist to the problems that plague our outdated system...
...Crimson reporters covering the merger, we often found ourselves in Knowles’s University Hall office during the months of secret negotiations. He was a delight to interview: warm and witty, by turns conspiratorial confidant and elusive roadblock, but always brilliant and kind. He had unusual flair for a Harvard dean. We will never forget his debut as “Josephine Knowles”—in lipstick, wig, and billowing ball gown—at the Gala celebration of the merger in October 1999. Knowles and then-Provost Harvey V. “Buttercup?...
...consumers’ wallets in the form of tax dollars. Ultimately the costs outweigh the benefits. American farm subsidies are no exception, and have the added drawback of incurring the ire of foreign farmers who find themselves undersold by government-backed U.S. agriculture. This consistently creates a roadblock in international trade negations, as evidenced by the near failure of the trade liberalization talks in Doha over the issue of protectionist agricultural policies. By impeding the progress of international trade, the subsidy programs of the U.S. and other global culprits like the European Union end up creating a highly inefficient system...
...heading in to yesterday afternoon as the Crimson visited New Hampshire (3-2), but the Wildcats, fresh off impressive victories against Connecticut and No. 10 Yale, stopped Harvard’s (3-1) hot start to the 2008 season with a dominating 16-5 win.It was the first major roadblock this season for a cruising Harvard team that, coming in yesterday afternoon, had trailed for only 26 of its first 180 minutes of play.“We didn’t come out ready to play,” junior attacker Kaitlin Martin said. “We didn?...