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...Resolution Sought in Mass. Hall Standoff” quoted a protester on then-University President Rudenstine: “He only agrees to meet with us to perpetuate the impression that he’s listening.” This year, Duke University took the Internet public relations model to another level. In the wake of the lacrosse scandal, the university set up a web page, linked off of duke.edu, that carries official statements about the alleged rape of a local woman by three undergraduate lacrosse players as well as links to often-unflattering news and opinion articles...
...imply that learning is a duty, it strikes me as somewhat telling that he chose to articulate it so sternly as a “business.” Is it a good thing that Harvard is mixing business with pleasure, leisure, and lecture? And can this new corporate model of a university actually teach us to be “citizens of the world?” The tension between the University’s aim of producing global citizens and the prevalent trends of commercialization and professionalism has been a defining aspect of my education here. Readers...
...five times that amount. After Kremer and Boaz heard of the the Ansari X Prize—a $10 million competition to launch a piloted spacecraft into space twice within two weeks in 2004—Kremer said they decided to create a company based on the same business model.“One of the big problems with ALS is that there are not a lot of novel treatment ideas coming from new places,” said Boaz.With the help of Daniel J. Isenberg, a senior lecturer who taught Kremer in his entrepreneurial course, Boaz and Kremer founded...
...captain of a young team, an important quality is the ability to lead by example. D.J. Hynes, captain of the Harvard men’s golf team, did just that over the course of the season. His scores were consistently among the best on the team, providing a model for the team’s rookies. Hynes also set an example with a particularly gutsy performance in the second week of the season. When a knee injury left Hynes unable to participate in the season-opening Dartmouth Invitational, the Crimson was disqualified from participating, unable to field the required four...
...much smaller, less profitable community, Krempasky admits. This does not dampen his admiration for Moulitsas? success. "Maybe it?s a lesson that the left is learning," says Krempasky. "One of the best measures of success in any venture is profit and loss. If you can create a business model that can fund things that you care about, all the better...