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...However, recent behavior this year has raised doubt about the “entrepreneurial” spirit of Harvard students. After Harvard-Yale tickets were sold out, it became apparent that there was a large gap between supply and demand. Students—such as seniors who did not want to miss their last Game—scrambled for tickets, pleading over e-mail lists for those with extra. Within minutes, some students offered up their tickets for free, at face value, or a little above. However, these benevolent e-mails were immediately followed by those from...

Author: By Shiv M. Gaglani | Title: Entrepreneurs or Extortionists? | 2/10/2009 | See Source »

...thought we played very well on our defensive end today,” Stone said. “We didn’t give them a lot.” OLD TIMERS’ DAY While the Crimson improved its present situation with its sweep of Yale and Brown this weekend, the team also found time to acknowledge its past. During the first intermission in Saturday’s game, Harvard honored the 1999 AWHCA national championship team that finished 31-1-0 on its way to the title. Alumni from that team came out to center...

Author: By Loren Amor and Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: NOTEBOOK: Goalie Shines in Net Amid Scoring Surge | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

...reduce what they saw as exorbitant compensation, ultimately contributing to the departure of several top HMC managers including long-time CEO Jack R. Meyer. The alumni had also voiced concerns about the cost-effectiveness of HMC’s reliance on expensive internal investment managers, arguing that schools like Yale outsource most of their endowment work to hedge funds and external firms and achieve comparable returns. According to Longbrake, external firms now manage roughly 70 percent of Harvard’s endowment—a marked increase from only a few years earlier. When Meyer left Harvard...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Recent Hirings Dropped from HMC | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

...several individuals who work in the field of responsible investing. “It became very clear early on that there was a lot of interest in endowments, even before the economic collapse,” said conference organizer Jonathan F. Bowman ’11. The Harvard and Yale student groups that co-hosted the conference first connected through a nationwide campaign against investment in HEI Hotels and Resorts, a private equity company that buys and sells hotels. The company—which faces ongoing labor disputes for mistreatment of its workers—draws 80 percent...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SLAM Hosts Endowment Event | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

...everyone a little flat,” he said. “If anything else we can feel good about the fact that we were playing a tough team. “Hopefully now we’ll get good rest and these guys will bring their best against Yale,” he added.HARVARD 5, PENN 4The weekend’s first match yielded more success for the Crimson. Harvard trailed after six matches but stormed through the closing moments to trump the host Quakers at the Ringe Squash Courts in Philadelphia.Following early wins from sophomores Richard Hill...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Weekend Yields Mixed Results | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

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