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...that they can reach their potential, and that’s not always easy because you have to know what resources are needed, and how to apply those resources where they are most effective. In that application of resources, it may not necessarily be equitable, but it will be fair. In other words, you may have to give more resources to special-needs children, which we do in Cambridge, or to minority students. We don’t want to do that at the expense of our high-achieving students of any color, so that takes a lot of very...
...meetings, a lot of talking. First of all, I think I’m well respected by my colleagues. When you bring people together, people are willing to support you because they know you’re willing to be fair. And, you know, I got the math. I just kind of hammered...
...Harvard allows pretty much anything from glassware to backpacks to be licensed, but obtaining rights to the trademark is not easy. In order to acquire trademark licenses, companies and individuals must go through a procedure that includes paying royalties for Harvard items sold, submitting sample products, and joining the Fair Labor Association. And selling licenses isn’t all the trademark office does. Their duties also include policing the illegal use of the Harvard trademark on an international scale. “This is what I find most exciting,” says Rick Calixto, director of Harvard?...
...hours, Penguin imprints scooped up three of the hottest gets, shelling out millions in advances. Andrew Ross Sorkin will write a behind-the-scenes account of the Wall Street crisis, Too Big to Fail, for Viking, while his New York Times colleague Joe Nocera, along with Vanity Fair contributing editor Bethany McLean, will do a long-term take on the crisis for Portfolio, with their advance rumored to be as much as $1.6 million. Roger Lowenstein, contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, is writing Six Days That Shook the World for Penguin Press, which examines the week when...
...College Theatre through Nov. 2. “Mnemonic,” directed by Catherine C. Videt ’09 and produced by Warakorn “Pete” Kulalert ’10, is a contemporary explosion of memory, loss, and uncertainty with its fair share of partial nudity and strobe lights. And although it has an uber-complicated storyline that is often difficult to follow, the interpretive ambiguity it causes is not only a source of confusion, but also one of enjoyment.“Mnemonic” weaves together several related storylines in which...