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...recent days, signs in front of the store have publicized the ongoing financial difficulties of the jewelry chain, which owns three other locations in Boston—all of which are expected to close by this summer...
...President back. “She represents an aspiration for our students,” said Bane. “You can’t beat it.” Second-year Kennedy School student Maureen “Molly” E. Kinder, who said she interned last summer in the Liberian Ministry of Finance, was equally enthusiastic. She said that Johnson-Sirleaf—the woman she calls her “hero”—received the interns warmly. “The President arranged a private reception in her house...
...released an absurd statement reiterating the Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s opinion that “British law should apply in this country, based on British values.” The government introduced a package of measures designed to define what it means to be British last summer, including a definition of British citizenship, formulation of a “bill of rights and duties” for citizens—similar to a constitution—and even notions of a “British...
...campus recruiting for summer internships has come and nearly gone. Juniors, sophomores, and even some freshmen have made their way to the Faculty Club and the second floor of Bank of America, affectionately known as “The 1414,” for interviews. As usual, last year over 95 percent of companies recruiting at Harvard’s Office of Careers Services (OCS) were in finance or consulting—despite Harvard’s resistance to vocational courses (this is a liberal arts school, after all). But this policy has done little to curb the trend toward...
...industrious lot here at Harvard. Only 17 percent of students choose to spend their summer vacations actually on vacation. Throughout the fall, sophomores and juniors travel to New York for pre-recruiting events hosted by large financial services firms, with hopes of gaining an edge over other applicants. As deadlines approach, the interviewees’ waiting room at The 1414 becomes the most stressful and unfriendly place in Cambridge by a long shot. Pre-professional groups have huge campus memberships, even among freshmen, contemplating careers before they’ve chosen a concentration...