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More concrete success can be seen in another part of the Administration's original plan. The government has made it possible for homeowners with little or no equity to refinance into cheaper loans - a particularly tough trick to pull off with tighter lending standards. Loans owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac qualify; the two government-sponsored entities cover more than half of mortgages in the U.S. In the first three weeks of the program, Freddie Mac closed about 1,000 of these refinances, though "that's a drop in the bucket compared to what's expected," says...
...Everyone on campus knows about illegal Adderall or Concerta usage and knows where these drugs can be obtained quickly—in order to study, to cram, to pull an all-nighter, or to get high. Technically, while selling and distributing prescription stimulants is a federal crime, the Drug Enforcement Agency rarely takes action against students...
...best antidote to the rise of viral activity during class time would be to pull the plug on wireless internet in classes in which it is not academically necessary. This would inevitably upset many students. However, such a reaction would only prove the degree to which zoning out in class thanks to technology is ingrained in the way we spend our class time. Such paternalism may not be the answer, but certainly something has to change. After all, the lecture hall is beginning to resemble Lamont Café, without the lattes. Anita J Joseph ’12, a Crimson...
...going over the edge. Maybe the crew were concentrating too much on their bonuses (their exit strategy), or maybe they just climbed into their boat the wrong way (conditions of entry). It's time we learned how to row boats again: backs facing the front and pull hard. David Jonnes, MARSEILLE, FRANCE...
...It’s very nice if someone is well-known in New York or California, but what matters in this job is running a great program in Cambridge,” Harris said.A FORMALIZED VOICE? The Crimson spoke with multiple writing program directors who questioned how much pull a director without a professorship could have in working with other faculty members and administrators.Since its founding in 1872, the Harvard College Writing Program—the first program of its kind—has served as the model for writing instruction at a number of other schools, such as Princeton...