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...Harvard University Women in Business (HUWIB) may be disparaged as sexist by some on campus. Yet, these criticisms notwithstanding, so many of its members end up in top firms in New York over the summer that they hold club reunions just to keep track of one another. But while HUWIB has achieved its stated goal, it falls into the troubling plethora of campus organizations that promote and sustain a culture of ubiquitous résumé-padding, and the overall trend toward premature migration to Wall Street. Any day of the week, you can find packed campus events sponsored...
...There is a myth, especially among people with their sights set on the business world, that both a post-graduation job and that coveted junior summer internship will prove elusive without a sophomore-year position in finance already on the books, and—whenever possible—a freshman-year internship before that. Whatever happened to lazy summers spent reading by the beach, backpacking across Europe on a shoestring for months, or learning new languages? Why must these opportunities unique to college summers fall by the wayside of Wall Street...
...culture of careerism rests with us, the students. Traveling and research fellowships abound, but they receive far fewer applications than Morgan Stanley, in part because no one knows about them, but also because they can’t compare to a coveted step up the corporate ladder. Volunteer programs, summer school, Harvardwood: The alternatives to office work are there, but seem unable to generate enthusiasm like i-banking...
...often less easy, however, to find that activity that most captivates you (and that doesn’t involve ten weeks of obsequiousness). But the first step is acknowledging the problem. Repeat after me: We are interesting people. We can find interesting, entertaining things with which to fill our summers and keep us sane and happy before the madness of move-in day. Even if you feel you’re destined for Goldman Sachs, why not take a summer to think about it, maybe bungee jumping in New Zealand or writing poetry? At the very least, your summer adventures...
...love and danger in Ankawa, which is both a beacon of refuge for the country's endangered Christians, and, perhaps, the romance capital of Iraq. The main street leading into town is lined with bridal shops, and there are weddings almost every night during the high season in summer. Every Thursday and Sunday evening, teenagers and young adults used to promenade along a road nicknamed "Love Street" because of all the heavy flirting going on in between stops at ice cream parlors. Nowadays, the action has shifted to a nearby amusement park, where boys and girls walk in concentric circles...