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...Friday, however, Saavedra was ecstatic. At a press conference in one of the Houston district's middle schools, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings announced that the Federal Government would request $2.6 billion from Congress to pay 90% of the average cost of educating each Katrina student, whether publicly or privately, up to a ceiling of $7,500 apiece. "From 9% to 90%," Saavedra said afterward, with the dazed elation of a lottery winner...
...asked Congress to sign off on an additional $51.8 billion--roughly what the U.S. spends in Iraq each year. Unlike the Persian Gulf, though, the funds earmarked for the Gulf Coast were expected to last a month or two. House Republicans were so spooked by the size of the request that the White House dispatched Budget Director Joshua Bolten to Capitol Hill on Sept. 7, where he made an unusual, late-evening appeal to nearly 200 skeptical Representatives...
...about ancient water clocks and the silkworm's arrival in Spain, along with his exegesis of mystical concepts, is often twice as long as his translation. Yet there are those eager to use it. Says Samuel Cohon, a Tucson, Ariz., rabbi who has ordered 40 copies at his congregants' request: "I thought, It'll be too hard. But there's a great desire to get at the source. If this is a profound text, then...
...freshmen, here not even a full week, boasting twice the number of "friends" as we have. But it's really not much of an accomplishment. The only time were invariably friendly at Harvard is on our resumes and our facebook profiles. The only person ever to reject our friend request was Harvard-education-jonesing Hilary Duff. Its easy for 2009'ers to troll the facebook for friends. They'll find it significantly harder in real life; unless they dodge the freshman fifteen, that is. Then they can be our friends...
Additionally, the Registrar should allow students to request transcripts online. While students have access to their academic records online, this is not sufficient. Transcripts are necessary for job applications, internships, and scholarships. By requiring requests for transcripts in writing, the Registrar is creating an unnecessary obstacle for students. Furthermore, security concerns could be easily addressed by requiring undergrads’ Harvard IDs and PINs. Students at other colleges already have the ability to ask for transcripts online, and there is no reason Harvard undergrads should...