As a Harvard person myself, I can tell you exactly why Harvard gave into the pressure: they're greedy beyond all belief. When given a tradeoff between making a little more money from a sponsor and screwing over students in the middle of graduation (of all times), they don't even hesitate. Never mind being the second richest non-profit org. in the world (the Vatican is first). Just a little rant from someone who puts up with this stuff a lot.
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As a Harvard person myself, I can tell you exactly why Harvard gave into the pressure: they're greedy beyond all belief. When given a tradeoff between making a little more money from a sponsor and screwing over students in the middle of graduation (of all times), they don't even hesitate. Never mind being the second richest non-profit org. in the world (the Vatican is first). Just a little rant from someone who puts up with this stuff a lot.