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...prisoner flown to Syria in December 2001 was no ordinary criminal: 42-year-old Mohammad Haydr Zammar, a businessman who had immigrated to Germany and was living in Hamburg, was wanted by U.S. officials on suspicion of helping to recruit some of the 9/11 hijackers, as part of Al Qaeda's Hamburg cell. According to the report, after a U.S. request Zammar was arrested in Morocco by local police. He was questioned in Morocco by CIA officials and then flown to Damascus; the intelligence report does not specify which aircraft transferred...
...even its surreal absurdity in some cases—one student writes of her resistance to “wet-dreams of greatness”—in fact masks its more disturbing side. The Guide’s exact purpose is unclear: Perhaps its creators aim to recruit a revolutionary army from the ranks of incoming freshmen. Or maybe its goal is to spark debate at any cost. When one student criticized the Guide and its methods on an open e-mail list, Guide editor Adaner Usmani ’08 replied, “[T]he publication...
...Military recruiters returned to Harvard’s campus last week, enabled by a March Supreme Court decision that upheld the Solomon Amendment and forced universities to choose between granting military recruiters access or forfeiting hundreds of millions of dollars of federal research funds. For clear financial reasons, picking the latter option would have been an irresponsible move for Harvard. Nevertheless, the University can, and should, do more to oppose the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy, which has damaging and reprehensible effects on both the military and the students it is recruiting.Universities have...
Above all, firms hoping to recruit Harvard undergrads take into account students’ unwillingness to commit to one career path early in life. One page of the Bain brochure states, “Bain will open doors for you,” followed by, “you can pursue your career goals—either in business or in endeavors in the arts, education or public sector.” The implication is that Bain’s associate position acts as a stepping-stone for ambitious students whose long-term goals may not lie in the business...
Though the Wall Street Journal survey of recruiters ranked Harvard Business School number 14 last month, HBS came out on top for selectivity in Princeton Review’s 2007 edition of Best 282 Business Schools. In the Princeton Review rankings, which were released on Tuesday, Harvard ranked first in “Toughest to Get Into,” tenth in “Best Overall Academic Experience,” and eighth in “Best Career Prospects.” Last month’s Journal article said that its rankings were based on surveys completed...