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...Wenger ’90. The former president of the social bookmarking site Del.icio.us and current partner at Union Square Ventures—a firm with a diverse portfolio that includes the popular social messaging site Twitter—shared his entrepreneurial advice and experiences as part of a speaker series hosted by the Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum. “It’s all about getting started,” he said. “There are a lot of statistics, but an important one is that 100 percent of start-ups that don’t start...
...What we take away from these instances of classically tragic political downfalls should not be that our government is necessarily the corrosive cesspool that Senator John McCain and Speaker Nancy Pelosi have both tried to conjure for partisan ends. If we are to be disheartened, let it be because of the tendency in government to look after one’s own, and to ultimately spare offenders any meaningful repercussions...
...extended to fantastic lengths. The intentional theatrics beg for a clever use of lighting and set, which the A.R.T. and director Anne Kauffman readily provide.Asides, fantasies, and chaos are depicted satisfyingly by skillful adjustments of the stage. During monologues, the lights dim save for a single spotlight on the speaker. Projected words on a white banner at the back of the stage present the date or the location, or the depiction of imaginary events, allowing the three large square backdrops to be moved around and create the rest of the spectacle.There are a number of scenes that feature nearly...
...trying test—of their sense of humor. Mrs. Obama’s ability to keep up with Stewart’s (admittedly friendly) shtick with soft comic jabs of her own at her husband’s expense humanized both her and her husband. When former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich took on a challenge, joking his way through an early endorsement of Governor Sarah Palin in September, the effect was much the same...
Throughout the University’s weeklong sustainability celebration, the Phillip Brooks House Association sought to bring global environmental problems down to the local level, with a series of events focused on environmental justice. The sustainability celebration coincided with PBHA’s decision to give keynote speaker Al Gore ’69 the “Robert Coles Call of Service” award and continued with panels and speeches over the weekend. James S. Hoyte ’65, professor of environmental science and public policy and assistant to University President Drew G. Faust, traced the history...