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...video isn’t trying to reach new creative heights or push the visual envelope. We get the usual rap video schtick—a swanky hotel and club, gorgeous scantily clad women, and free-flowing champagne. Beanie and R. Kelly’s styles are the brightest spots in the video. Whether Beanie’s rocking a fur-trimmed orange parka with a gentlemanly gray cap, a sleek black suit with a crisp white shirt, or a flashy gold chain and baggy jeans, he proves that he’s as versatile as anyone else...
...hailing from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, graduates often leave Harvard to concentrate in the financial centers of New York City and London rather than returning to their places of origin. The phenomenon is called “brain drain”; disadvantaged regions send their brightest students away to schools like Harvard to be educated, hoping that they will return with the solutions to the problems facing their homelands. But many choose instead to apply for work visas in the United States and reap the benefits of the lucrative careers that their Harvard degrees make accessible...
...education is that in throwing together a diverse group of the “best and brightest” from around the world, we produce the best university possible. With much the same intent, the New York Yankees over the past decade have tried to lure the best and brightest baseball players from the baseball-playing world. Both institutions draw their superstars through an incomparable pile of riches and an even bigger name. And both ensure that many of those aspirants end up with a new sense of humility: Even with the finest facilities and greatest incentives, both see individuals...
America has no better role models than these motivated, articulate sportsmen. It’s high time Harvard stepped off its high horse and admitted that, among the best leaders and brightest minds of this country, these two modern-day heroes deserve recognition...
Today, UBS relies on recent university graduates to staff its offices around the world, using the best and brightest from Harvard and other top schools to maintain its position as a leader in the financial-services sector. But this success is dependent on the willingness of top university graduates to work for a company that underwrites genocide. For seniors seeking jobs after graduation, the deadline to apply for UBS is Nov. 15. For students applying for internships at the investment bank, the deadline is next March 15. If the budding bankers of Harvard submit their CVs to UBS, they will...