Hate mail threatening prep school’s black students: F
Concord Police are investigating hate mail sent to black students enrolled in St. Paul’s School, a preparatory school in New Hampshire, the New York Times reported Thursday.
"It appears, at this time, that students of color were the target of these threatening communications," William Matthews, St. Paul’s Rector, wrote on the school’s Web site Wednesday.
The fact that racism is prevalent in the more affluent areas of the United States is an indication social mores need to be reexamined.
According to its Web site, 34 percent of St. Paul’s students are minority students – a significant amount in the total student population of 525.
It’s unfortunate that incidences like this are still appearing, especially in the microcosm of a school.
Increasing financial aid: A+
Stanford University announced Wednesday that it will not charge tuition to students from families earning less than $100,000 a year, The New York Times reported.
It was also announced that under the reformed financial aid system, families earning less than $60,000 would be exempt from paying for room and board.
It seems this expansion of financial aid is becoming a trend among prominent universities as Yale and Harvard have also made similar decisions concerning student aid.
The preliminary numbers for the 2006-2007 academic year show that UH awarded a total of $42.1 million in grants and $23.2 million in scholarships.
Those numbers are down from the previous academic year where $74.1 million in grants and $21.6 million in scholarships were awarded.
"We heard very clearly from our parents, especially parents that considered themselves middle income, that the amount that we expected from them was very difficult," Karen Cooper, director of financial aid at Stanford told the Times.
As college students, a university actually listening to the complaints from students and their families excites us.
We can only hope that UH President Renu Khator will do the same as students’ concerns are submitted during her first 100 days. To submit your input and ideas, visit www.uh.edu/100days.
