Word: enough
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Neither I, nor most students, have enough knowledge of the day-to-day working of the council to know who was most effective in changing library hours or getting better exercise equipment at the MAC. Since most students understandably don't have much information, elections are easily skewed towards candidates who can win the endorsements of large student organizations. Although it is natural to keep the recommendation of a trusted student group in mind when voting, it is too easy to win endorsements by dropping vague buzzwords that hardly translate into competence in office...
...those of you not familiar with it, let me briefly explain the Senior Gift. Harvard has $14 billion in the bank, enough money to rent God out for the weekend. I have a Pizza Ring coupon and a dresser drawer full of change. The Senior Gift is Harvard saying, "How much change you got?" So you can see why so many seniors are complaining: we've got almost nothing, but the world's richest university still wants some of it. The Senior Gift is like Mr. Universe trying to eat your grandmother's vitamins. It's like a food drive...
...best argument anyone can think of for the Senior Gift is "You should establish a habit of giving for your lifetime." It seems like the act of writing a check to Harvard is simple enough that I could just do it when I became old and rich, without any practice. But Harvard feels I might be an irresponsible, undirected old wealthy person, so I need conditioning. It also, incidentally, recommends that I spend five minutes a day playing pinochle, wearing gigantic sunglasses and talking about the Washington Senators, just so other habits of being elderly are familiar when the time...
Harvard Pilgrim, which lost $197 million in 1999, needs $300 million before it can be considered financially secure enough to resume operations...
...once, Prestifilippo's effort was enough. Harvard crawled out of Boston with a 3-1 victory over Northeastern...