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...when the groom was found to have once been charged with assaulting a girlfriend. CBS's participants had rigorous psychological and physical screenings and background checks--said CBS-TV president Leslie Moonves after Fox's debacle: "I want grade-school diplomas"--but Survivor took a p.r. hit when an alumnus was charged with child abuse after coming home (he denies the allegation...
Arnold Hiatt '48 established both Stride Rite programs when served as CEO of the Stride Rite shoe company. As an alumnus, Hiatt said he feels community service should be an important part of a Harvard education...
Yale has long been considered one of the nation's leading schools in the humanities. Stanford has long been considered one of the nation's leading schools in the sciences. Outgoing Stanford President Gerhard Casper and Yale President Richard D. Levin are friends--and Levin is a Stanford alumnus...
Former U.S. President and Harvard alumnus Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1880, popularized the saying, "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Almost a century later, Ed Pankau, co-captain of the men's volleyball team, has embodied the spirit of that message...
...recent years, Yale has been one of the most prominent universities to consistently turn down money. About two years later, the Daily News reported on gay rights activist Larry Kramer's unsuccessful bid to establish a chair in gay and lesbian studies. Kramer, a 1957 Yale alumnus, also offered to build a gay and lesbian student center. Yale's answer...