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Entries from March 5, 2006 - March 11, 2006

From Yale: The Taliban Man

“The Taliban guy eats here?”... I have to admit that when we first found out about Rahmatullah Hashemi at Yale (over breakfast after morning minyan at the Slifka Center) the first thing that struck my friends and me was the sheer humor of it: The new Yale Bulldog, Taliban Dan, relying on us infidels at the Kosher Kitchen.

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Posted on Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 10:55PM by Registered Commenter- in | Comments8 Comments | EmailEmail

From Yale: Reform Financial Aid Reform

Updated on Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 12:09AM by Registered CommenterPeter Johnston

The most recent cause taken up by Yale’s campus activists demonstrates their refusal to think deeply before pulling out their placards, chants, and rhetoric. Recently, the urgent need to reform Yale’s financial aid system has galvanized our campus’ activist population. That financial aid system, widely recognized as one of the nation’s most generous, requires students receiving aid to earn up to $ 6,600 a year in self-help. Campus activists point out that this requires Yale students to get jobs (!) and that these jobs can require a lot of time. (A shocking concept if there ever was one).

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Posted on Monday, March 6, 2006 at 02:20PM by Registered Commenter- in | CommentsPost a Comment | References1 Reference | EmailEmail