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Although Brown and Khazei no longer work together, the two remain close. Their continued relationship is no surprise to those who knew them as undergraduates. One of their roommates, Michael J. Alter ’83, who started City Year Chicago and served on the organization’s board, noted that they always shared an “incredible bond...

Author: By Peter R. Raymond, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Alan Khazei and Michael Brown | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

...first, Buttner quickly became a motorcycle aficionado, riding across the country on back roads in 1993. A year later, in another calculated risk, Buttner took a break from television to become the first female editor of motorcycle magazine, Cycle World—a move that surprised even those who knew her best...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brenda Buttner | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

...friends who knew Segal at Harvard, his spirited personality and propensity to eavesdrop can explain his ability to inhabit both the role of professor and writer...

Author: By Lindsay P. Tanne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Erich W. Segal | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

Rescorla had once led soldiers through the night in the Vietcong-controlled Central Highlands of Vietnam. He knew the brain responded poorly to fear - but he also knew it could be distracted. Back then, he had calmed his men by singing Cornish songs from his youth. Now, in the crowded stairwell, Rescorla sang into the bullhorn. "Men of Cornwall stand ye steady. It cannot be ever said ye for the battle were not ready. Stand and never yield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Survival Guide to Catastrophe | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

...known Sydney Pollack for almost a half-century. We met on a film in 1960. He was an actor; I was an actor. He and I became kindred spirits. Like any novice artists starting out, we decided that we knew everything that was wrong about the production. So that's how it started. We collaborated together [on seven films, including Out of Africa and The Way We Were] because I was always happy to be the actor to his director. I trusted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Director Who Aimed for the Stars | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

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