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...into older folks' connection with their alma mater, a few schools have gone so far as to offer burial plots on campus. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for example, is the final resting place of alum Charles Kuralt, the former CBS newsman. But maybe that's taking things a step too far--for now, anyway. Boomers are only turning 60. They're not thinking about dying. They're thinking about reliving what many regard as the best years of their life. Who knows? Maybe that's what the years ahead will turn...
...miss the side orders: the better-than-your-mom's macaroni and cheese, and the onions, laced with Roquefort and grilled until brown and sweet. The best restaurant in town is New Rivers, newriversrestaurant.com, around the corner from the Mills Tavern. It's run by risd alum Bruce Tillinghast, who says he "uses elements of food like elements of color, making them work together." The flavors change seasonally, but the virtuosity of his combinations don't; recently, his airy gnocchi came with spinach, goat's cheese and pomegranate. Save room for the lemon tartlet, a flaky nest of buttery semi...
Fifteen Minutes: What do you think of Hank Paulson’s nomination to be Treasury secretary? University President Lawrence H. Summers: He’s an alum of our business school. He’s a first rate guy with very broad experience who may well need it, given the large challenges our economy and financial system face...
...TABLE TALKThe members of the search committee show no sign of taking the summer off.At the Harvard Club of New York last month, two members of the committee—Houghton and outgoing Vassar College President Frances D. Fergusson, an overseer—worked a room of alums to gather input for the search. Houghton and Fergusson discussed the search process and then opened the floor to questions from the 15 to 20 gathered alumni before splitting up into two tables for dinner.“They showed no bias or leaning one way or the other...
...must decide whether you should shoot it in a hoop, bowl it down a lane, hit it with a club, bounce it, squeeze it, or simply plant and nourish it. That is, you must decide how you will conduct yourself in the world as a Harvard alum.As a Harvard alum, there are several ways for you to get involved. You can take the “passive aggressive approach” by sitting and complaining about what Harvard owes you because you paid more than $40,000 each year to attend this remarkable institution. Harvard obviously needed you. You didn?...