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When Jimmy Quach '97 went home last month, he returned to his alma mater, San Francisco's Lowell High, a public magnet school known for its racial quota system...
...unusual for the visiting team to bring more fans than ol' Harvard can muster up. And when the topic of Harvard comes up in casual conversation, people are as likely to castigate some element of the Harvard experience as to speak enthusiastically about their future alma mater...
...more specific source of the delicious insouciance that both Galliano and McQueen display may be the alma mater they share: London's Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. It is easily the hottest fashion school in the world, a magnet not only for would-be designers but also for established masters looking to pick up fresh talent for their ateliers. CSM is not the only prominent fashion academy; Britain is known for its tradition of craft and in general supports artisans. But other schools tend toward commercial and technical values, emphasizing the set of a sleeve or production expertise...
...state's oldest communities, Harvard, Mass., got its name in 1732. With the form for the articles of incorporation having a blank space for town name, Massachusetts Secretary Josiah Willard, Class of 1698, named the new community after his alma mater...
...including Rosenstraus, seems to know the origin of the hamlet's name, but she speculates that the town's founders were from New England and named it after their alma mater...