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...Since the prominent success stories of Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg both involve a premature termination of their college careers, it sometimes seems impossible to balance a rigorous Harvard academic schedule with running a company. Many student entrepreneurs face a unique dual lifestyle that forces them to reevaluate their priorities...
...magazine article "National Security Fellas" incorrectly stated that Mark E. Mitchell is a lieutenant colonel. In fact, he is a colonel...
...Harvard t-shirt and black fleece jacket, Lieutenant Colonel Mark E. Mitchell appears to fit in with the usual cast of undergraduates, TF’s and academics that populate Harvard Yard. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW] But as an Army Special Forces officer with 22 years of operational experience, the stories he tells reach far beyond the classroom. Mitchell is a member of the National Security Fellows program at the Harvard Kennedy School; one of 21 representatives of the U.S. military and civilian intelligence community that are participating in a year-long fellowship of study here at Harvard...
...Becoming a National Security Fellow is an intensely competitive process. As officers in the military round out the 20-year mark, a few are selected by a board of their superiors to go on to top-level education to learn about how policy is formed at the highest echelons. While most attend colleges run by the military, a few of these officers are given the opportunity to complete their study at civilian institutions like Harvard, Johns Hopkins, or Georgetown...
...adherents of other faiths are looking to make their mark in the public sphere, too. In early March, Buddhist students armed with nothing more menacing than joss sticks staged a protest against the Buddha Bar. They argued that a place called Muhammad Bar or Jesus Christ Bar would hardly meet with approval. The students demanded that the hotspot's name be changed, something the Jakarta Legislative Council has agreed must be a prerequisite for the Buddha Bar to reopen. At the same time, Indonesian Corruption Watch, a local NGO, has raised questions about whether the dining lounge, which is located...