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...past two years, Gruosi-Scheufele has been focusing on the development of the family owned brand's high-jewelry collection, or what she affectionately calls the "real rocks." "There's not much real creation in the market at that level, and so we wanted to fill the gap," she explains. Ever since Gruosi-Scheufele joined the company, which her father bought in 1963 from Paul-Andre Chopard, a descendant of the founder, Louis-Ulysse Chopard, she has been looking for ways to expand the brand beyond its watchmaking roots. In 1976 she came up with the concept of Happy Diamonds...
...everyone in the Soweto Gospel Choir, success and struggle have been inseparable. In 2002, a concert promoter asked Johannesburg-based events producer Beverly Bryer to put together a South African choir to fill in for a Welsh one that had pulled out of a tour of Australia and New Zealand. She called Mulovhedzi, who ran a choir she often booked. Within a month, they auditioned hundreds of singers from Soweto, picked 32 and recorded an album to accompany the tour. It topped the Billboard world-music chart in a matter of days. Then came sold-out tours...
...second best average on the squad. The following two springs Allard again dominated at the plate, safely hitting for the highest percentage on the Michigan team.A four-time All-Big Ten player, Allard’s greatest accomplishments came in her junior year, when she took the mound to fill a pitching vacancy. Without asking questions, she quickly switched gears, proving herself to be a dynamic force for the Wolverine defense.“One of the things I developed as a student-athlete and further in my life is just to take advantage of every opportunity...
...Eliot House representative Prithvi R. Shankar ’09. Gee Hyun “Sussan” Lee ’09, Heidi Kim ’09, and Jamison A. Hill ’10, who is also a Crimson news writer, will fill the other three student spots. Last month, the UC invited students not on the Council to apply to be nominated to the committee, acknowledging that the final selection would be made by Smith. The UC made three recommendations based on the application and an interview process, but none were ultimately chosen to serve...
...difficult to repeat,” head coach Jenny Allard says. But if the Crimson softball team is going to win its second Ancient Eight title in as many years, there will be a few subtle keys to its success. First, how well the four freshmen are able to fill holes in the lineup will make a huge impact—especially on defense. Second, the leadership abilities of Harvard’s three seniors will determine how prepared this squad is to face the grind of a long 45-game schedule. And lastly, the toughness the Crimson is able...