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...some, that path is slightly less traveled, slightly more difficult, and much, much more unlikely. Just ask Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05 and Isaiah Kacyvenski ’00. Because for these two Crimson alumni, it’s not the fact that they work together that surprises many, it’s where they work—for the National Football League...
When this transitional year began, the interim leaders of our university worked hard to emphasize that it would be anything but transitory in its importance. At a Nov. 6 dinner with leading alumni, Provost Steven E. Hyman singled out three movements that were reshaping the world of academia, with our university at its center. Echoing former President Lawrence H. Summers, he broadly stressed Harvard’s ongoing process of internationalization and technological development...
...League in 2000—an astronomical amount, and one now readily accepted by admissions administrators, who no longer force Jewish applicants to do battle against a stereotype designed to prevent them from succeeding. In the Ivies of the future, Asian students will make up increasing numbers of alumni applicants—a highly courted demographic to top schools. They may eventually enjoy the same prize Jewish students have won; first, to gain a seat at the table without adhering to American stereotypes, and then, to use that power to redefine the conception of what it is to be American...
...stadium, and nobody sees it, does it happen? No.) And the new restrictions beg for student guerilla-style ingenuity. Line your pants pockets with plastic bags and then fill them with gin or moonshine. Better yet, do this with cargo pants or those big moonboots. Hit the alumni tailgate and steal some massive martinis and roast suckling pig from unwitting robber barons. Or settle for the five beers. And shed a tear for Harvard’s stellar football team. Nobody will watch them—far fewer Elis, the many students who will party on this side...
...some advice to the nine people entrusted with finding Harvard’s next president.Lewis asked the search committee to reject a trend “toward celebrity presidents, individuals who are interesting public figures.” “A capacity to deal effectively with faculty and alumni is critical, of course, but to be a good presence on Sunday TV talk shows or Larry King Live is not,” Lewis wrote in his letter.But the committee didn’t pay much attention. It selected Lawrence H. Summers, a Clinton treasury secretary familiar with...