Word: sheepskin
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...able to do only so much to rein in rising tuitions. With their commitment to speculative scientific research, large faculties and out-of-favor subjects like classics, they may be what University of Rochester President Dennis O'Brien calls "inefficient in principle." For students intent on a name-brand sheepskin, that principle is likely to remain an expensive one, at least for the foreseeable future...
Nearly 25 percent took six, seven or more years to get a sheepskin, according to a report this week from the department's Center for Statistics...
Well, Chuck, remember, I'm the Class of 1986 (I hope), and I'm number 29 in the Harvard Hockey program, and believe it or not, I'm going to get the same sheepskin as your gettin' because my pre-med defenseman Butch Cutone told me so, so there! But I really want to be on the next cover of Science Weekly, not Sports Illustrated...
...tradition of handing out honorary degrees to the anniversary speakers due to faculty grumbling. When the K-school is giving Ed Meese and Cap Weinberger specially minted commemorative medals for the Kennedy School's 50th, it's not unreasonable that their boss might expect a little piece of sheepskin from the University...
...thousands of people coming for reunion week and to watch their children get a sheepskin give the Square a "two-week extravaganza," says Sally Alcorn, director of the Harvard Square Business Association...