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Troubled financial institutions that recruit heavily from Harvard may soon face restrictions on hiring international students if they accepted federal bailout funding. Under a recently passed amendment to the federal stimulus bill, companies participating in the Troubled Assets Relief Program??a government financial-rescue plan implemented last fall—will face more restrictions in hiring H-1B visa holders, foreigners with at least a bachelor’s degree and “highly specialized knowledge” in a particular field. Firms affected by the amendment—including nearly all large investment banks?...
Bong-Ihn Koh ’08, one of the joint program??s inaugural participants, counts Yo-Yo Ma ’76 among his personal friends. The two met at one of Ma’s concerts in Germany. Koh introduced himself to Ma backstage. “[Ma] just handed me his cello and asked me if I wanted to try it.” Koh and I settle down in one of the Cabot House sitting rooms, which doubles as a practice space for Koh. He is currently an “Artist in Residence?...
Along with Koh, Cameron is part of the joint program??s inaugural class. Koh says of the early years: “To be honest, the program wasn’t really formulated. I really felt like we were being treated like guinea pigs.” Every so often, students would meet with NEC administrators to flesh out what was and wasn’t working in the program. Cameron says that change was understandably slow...
...scoring for each of his first three seasons, his numbers are down to 9.3 points per game so far. But with two games left, he can reach a double-digit average with a minimum of 39 points overall. A high-scoring weekend would also push him up the program??s career scoring list, where he currently sits tied for 13th place with former two-time captain Dale Dover ’71 with 1201 points, having recently passed former teammates Matt Stehle ’06 and Jim Goffredo ’07.On the other...
...really good at posting very hard. His offensive-defensive combination is a great advantage to our team. We couldn’t have won without him.”For three players, who had been a part of so many last second losses in their four years with the program??with a crushing last-second loss to the same Cornell team last year—there were few better ways to end their time at Lavietes than with an all-out gutsy effort against the team everyone thought would breeze through the Ivy League...