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What disturbs me about this story has less to do with Ms. Grant's culpability than with the problematic state of te College admissions process that her case so vividly illustrates. The New York Times reported that Grant had been questioned about the death of her parents by a Harvard alumni interviewer who was "interested in the orphan angle." How typically shallow of the college admissions process to refer to personal tragedy as an "angle." When I applied to college in 1987, my counselor told me to do some hands-on community service to improve my application. I remember being...
...Even if Ms. Grant was evasive, the universityhas an obligation to follow some academic versionof due process," the editorial continued. "Afterall, fact-finding and intellectual inquiry are atthe heart of the university...
...editorial acknowledged that "some accountsmay have suggested that Ms. Grant was notforthcoming in her interview...
Things got off to a bad start when he didn't respond to my cheerful morning greeting. He then proceeded to call me Liz. Without asking. I would have been fine with Elisabeth, if not Ms. Mayer, but Liz seemed invasive. I was already on edge...
...media was unable to ignore Ms. Harbury's hunger strike outside the White House for information about her missing husband. As information began to surface, Congressman Robert G. Torricelli (D-N.J.), helped break the story about the C.I.A.'s relationship to the colonel. President Clinton then authorized a full investigation...