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...Halberstam found it to be a competitive and consuming environment...
Arriving at Harvard in 1951, Halberstam quickly found that he had trouble focusing on his classes...
While he struggled in the classroom, Halberstam quickly found his niche outside of academics. He excelled as a writer at The Crimson, where he rose to the rank of managing editor in his junior year...
According to Arthur J. Langguth, Jr. ’55, who was president of The Crimson when Halberstam was managing editor, Halberstam was as hard-nosed as anyone else on staff, and was not afraid to step on some toes, even as a young reporter...
Aside from his own personal drive, Halberstam says that the environment surrounding journalism in the 1950s was stimulating, and that it was beginning to engage more and more educated young men. The four top executives of The Crimson that year all ended up working for the New York Times during their careers...