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Already Bronfman has earned the title of mischiefmaker. His sorties are tilting the fortunes of several prominent companies-not just Matsushita, MCA and his own but also Du Pont, Time Warner and infant multimedia outfit DreamWorks SKG. Last week, for $8.8 billion, the chemical giant bought back most of Seagram's 24.1% of Du Pont stock. Time Warner, of which Seagram owns a provocative 14.9%, braced for a messy stock scramble should Bronfman sell his shares. DreamWorks also looked to the shy, dapper mogul for indications that he would retain MCA's current, embattled management and thus be in line...
...declining to comment on the reported sale. Seagram, the Canadian liquor, wine and juice company controlled by one of the world's richest families (the Bronfmans), is said to be financing a purchase of MCA with $8.8 billion it earned by selling its 25 percent stake in chemical conglomerate Du Pont. Oppenheimer analyst Roy Burry tells TIME that the tentative deal, as reported, is a poor one because the MCA purchase price is too high and Seagram got 16 percent below market value for the Du Pont shares...
What's so special about the DU that puts its members above the law? The answer is simple. All DU alums are also Harvard alums--usually fairly wealthy ones who no doubt contribute heavily to the University. In fact, the President of the DU graduate board Louis I. Kane '53 is co-chair of the $965 million Faculty of Arts and Sciences Capital Campaign...
...possible that for fear of offending DU alums in particular and final club alums in general, Hansen's case was given special treatment? Because the Ad Board is so secretive, very little information is available and this is all conjecture. But things look very suspicious, to say the least...
...University's inept response: "We asked them if they could try to prevent these sorts of things from happening." And so a prefrosh is beaten, his application is withdrawn, his assailant is given a slap on the wrist (which is all that probation really amounts to), and the DU does not even receive so much as a mild scolding from the University...