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...decided not to attend the Senior Class Champagne Brunch this past month because I remembered the experience of eating in Annenberg vividly. During Senior Dinner Swap, another event designed to memorialize a Harvard experience, I relived standing before endless rows of tables, green tray in hand and no friend in sight. I thought that I would be able to console myself by buying a Class of 2010 coffee mug, but it had been sold out. I realized then that the senior class officers weren't kidding: the other senior items—those purchasable memories—were...

Author: By Alina Voronov | Title: Hurry Now! Memories End Soon! | 5/14/2010 | See Source »

After the recent report that Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd C. Blankfein '75 was copied on an e-mail suggesting Goldman knew that Harvard would lose in a $500 million credit default swap, his loyalty to Harvard may have come into question. But it is worth noting that Blankfein has donated millions to Harvard, creating a scholarship fund for lower-income students and endowing a professorship in the Department of History...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lloyd Blankfein: Harvard Donor, History Buff? | 5/2/2010 | See Source »

Look out, Tyra—this isn’t just some “America’s Next Top Model” fashion show­—this is Harvard formal season. Last Sunday afternoon, Styleta hosted its first Charity Dress Swap in honor of the upcoming formals season. The nonprofit takes donations of luxury clothing and accessories, sells them online, and gives the proceeds to charities. Founded by Yifan Zhang ’10 last spring, Styleta now has branches at Binghamton University, Indiana University, and NYU. “I wanted to revolutionize the traditional...

Author: By Sofia V. McDonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Swappin’ Swag | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

...every piece a student loaned, she received $5 off from the original $10 borrowing fee. Zhang hoped to put some of the money collected from the dress swap towards funding women’s initiatives as well as the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter and other local causes...

Author: By Sofia V. McDonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Swappin’ Swag | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

Charities benefited from the dress swap, but borrowers and lenders did as well. When asked if she had had any success, Anna E. Pritt ’11 said, “Yeah, I found a really cute dress. I didn’t know if I’d find anything but I definitely...

Author: By Sofia V. McDonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Swappin’ Swag | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

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