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...father into team handball, the sport in which Jorg Nowitzki played for the West German national team. Or toiled in his family's housepainting business. But a member of West Germany's 1972 Olympic basketball team, Holger Geschwindner, discovered the gangly teen in Wurzburg and groomed his raw talent into the first-round draft pick of the Mavericks...
...best doctors, the best leaders, and the best local and global citizens. I will offer one critical economic example to convey my point, the oft-cited Mayo Clinic study that shows that the likelihood of a doctor being sued for malpractice is correlated less with his actual medical talent than his bedside manner. Again, this does of course not mean intensive study is fruitless but rather that it is incomplete and insufficient. As I sift through eight semesters of study guides, preparing to head home this week, I realize that the greatest thing I hope I’ve learned...
...year-long drama with the departure of tenants from 7 Sumner Rd. The last few residents finally gave up their legal battle and departed, weary of fighting for their homes against a University that was willing to pour thousands of dollars and thousands of hours of legal talent into evicting them. Many Harvard employees, angry at anti-union campaigns, have complained as well. The seed Harvard has planted with its tenants is starting to bear fruit; a month ago, they began to band together in a Harvard tenant union to complain about abuses and demand fairer treatment. And there...
...being at Harvard. Currently, you figure that you will give back in the future, as long as it is possible. You might give back with your bank account. You might give back with your time, volunteering to do alumni interviews. You might give back by helping recruit the best talent for Harvard. The biggest problem with your intentions is the fact that they are just that, intentions. Your efforts are being delayed like a Continental Airlines flight. Do you think that Horace advised everyone “Carpe Diem!” for nothing? The last approach is the best...
...Leverett life and became publicity chair of the House Committee. “Pretty much anything you can do around Leverett House I’ve done. I live in the dining hall, I help pick tutors,” she says. She welded her Leverett spirit and animation talent together in a May 2004 video, “The End of the Harvard,” that takes swipes at rival Houses. The video begins with Russian monks burning down Lowell’s belltower—presumably in retaliation for the House’s refusal to return...