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...release earlier this year analyzing the national downturn, Kaplan said participation rates can decline if institutions concentrate on landing large contributions, rather than on increasing the number of alumni donors.Indeed, Harvard fundraisers have yielded record donations, raising $590 million in fiscal year 2005, its second-highest annual total. The sum reflects both large gifts and contributions from donors who are not alumni.But Rapier said the declining alumni participation does not reflect a change in strategy to land larger gifts and target non-alumni.“New areas of focus for Harvard development are being done by new staff, while...
...shoulders: The strong performances of “Rent” cannot compensate for his lackadaisical direction. As a result, the film plays like a series of music videos casually strung together by stuporous expository scenes. “Rent” unfortunately adds up to less than the sum of its parts, failing to fulfill its real potential. Spike Lee, Sam Mendes, and Baz Luhrmann were all rumored to be attached to the project at various times —one cannot help but wonder how these auteurs might have better delivered on the show’s promise.If...
...that make up nearly three-quarters ($276,000) of the UC’s $406,000 budget this year and could put a damper on the popular party grants that have been one the Council’s great recent innovations. But beyond these two functions and a small sum to facilitate the UC’s administrative costs, students see very little return for their termbill investment. Do we really need campus-wide parties that no one attends?I suggest that students place an immediate cease-and-desist order on such activities and cut the UC budget by approximately...
...Catalano says that most drug law violations in the area come from individuals not affiliated with the College who come on campus to find a place to light up. Enforcement, in sum, is more likely to target “pit kids” and the homeless than Harvard students...
Maybe all the war on terrorism needs is a real live pretend action hero. BRUCE WILLIS says he will pay $1 million to any civilian who turns in Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri or Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi. While visiting troops in 2003, Willis promised the same sum to Saddam Hussein's captors. "I've since been told that military men and women cannot accept any reward for the job that they're doing," he told MSNBC's Rita Cosby, who persuaded him to open his wallet for civilians instead. Of course, the U.S. government's $25 million prize...