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...Boston College since they’re already in Chestnut Hill. Cons: After the 45-minute bus ride, students must embark on a 15-minute trek to the farm. Imagine how enjoyable the return trip is with a 40-pound pumpkin in each hand. Shelburne Farm 106 West Acton Road, Stow Pros: “Pick-your-own” policy provides an excellent selection of pumpkins at this traditional pumpkin patch. For the adventurous, Shelburne Farm offers hayrides, pony rides, tractor rallies, and a moon bounce. Cons: Screaming kids on ponies. Some people would rather someone else pick their...
...matter how narrow their niche, the experts insist that inspired insight or client demand dictated their particular angle. Targeting is also a good business practice. "You don't want buzzwords," says Jeff Sandefer, president of energy investment firm Sandefer Capital Partners and a founder of the Acton MBA in Entrepreneurship program. "Everyone wants to hire the expert and will pay a lot for very specific help." Some companies love the idea of bringing in an adviser to fix one narrowly defined problem. Gossip Stoppers is a prime example. "A half day, and you leave with a couple of nuggets...
...said Emily W. Hogeland ’07, who chaired the event’s Programming and Promotions Committee. One Currier blocking group did particularly well in the raffle, with four members winning prizes including a video iPod and some of the gift certificates, according to Christopher N. Acton-Maher ’07, who won an iHome speaker and is also a Crimson editor. “Our block-mate [Joseph K. Lee ’07] is in charge of the whole thing. He’d been encouraging us to buy tickets, and we ended up with...
...afraid to try community college, she says, because she doesn't want to look stupid. Although she has a house she owns with her husband and a fine job serving coffee, biscuits and small talk at Ole McDonald's Cafe in nearby Acton, Ind., Sarah is not without regret. "It would have been nice to have someone pushing me to stay," she says. "Who knows how things would have turned...
...former editor-in-chief of the University of Illinois’ Daily Illini is spending his spring break on campus, catching up on the work he missed during a month-long investigation that resulted in his dismissal by the newspaper’s board of directors last week. Acton H. Gorton, a senior majoring in communications, said in a telephone interview yesterday that “the whole investigation was sham. It was just a sham.” Gorton was suspended with pay last month along with the editor of the opinion page, Chuck J. Prochaska, for their decision...