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...alleged relationship between UBS and PetroChina. The first e-recruiting deadline for students applying for summer internships is today.“I think that students don’t go into these events with full awareness of business practices of these companies,” says Trevor J. Bakker ’10, the political advocacy chair for HDAG. “When there’s no consideration among students for what these firms do, then there’s a problem.”Bakker, who admits that for him, working in the financial sector...
...said Julia Lam ’09, who is also a Crimson editorial editor. “It was an incredibly dynamic presentation,” she said, noting Najam’s “beautifully designed slides and seamless transitions.” And Trevor J. Bakker ’10 said that he appreciated the parallels made by Calkins. “I liked his emphasis on smaller forms of transportation—electric bicycles—alternatives to what are already called ‘alternatives,’ hybrid cars,” he said...
...small yellow flyers posing the question: “Do YOU want to work for a company that underwrites GENOCIDE?” The group’s efforts are directed at helping people understand the role UBS plays in genocide in Sudan, said Political Advocacy Chair Trevor J. Bakker ’10. UBS underwrote the initial public offering for PetroChina, a Chinese oil company. PetroChina’s parent company, China National Petroleum Corporation, develops projects that generate funds for the government of Sudan, which is accused of genocide in Darfur. While PetroChina and CNPC are technically separate...
...What happened? J. Lee Grady, the editor of the magazine Charisma, wrote recently, "I don't know about you, but I'm having flashbacks of 1987," the year that the sexploits of Jimmy Swaggart and financial hijinks of Jim Bakker gave televangelism its reputation for sleaze. But while the allegations in the suit certainly meet Swaggart-quality standards of salaciousness, the causes of the university's fall may owe more to mismanagement than greed or negligence, suggests John Schmalzbauer, an expert in Christian higher education at Missouri State University. Unless some party siphoned off "massive multimillion-dollar diversion of funds...
...There is an extraordinary relationship between China and Sudan, and it is largely a product of China’s desire for Sudanese oil,” Trevor J. Bakker ’10, Political Advocacy Chair of HDAG, said. “Diplomatically, China is protecting Sudan...