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...Senior Gift claims to be a way to express the senior class' collective gratitude for an enriching four years. Yet after expenses such as processing the donations, handing out free "Senior Gift 2000" yo-yos to all 1,600-plus seniors and throwing an open bar party at the Charles Hotel for its over 200 volunteers, the total amount donated to Harvard is minuscule. In the last decade, the average total Senior Gift (before expenses are accounted for) was $37,600. Compared to the $14 billion endowment, its impact on the College is minor...
...College is misleading. True philanthropy, whether toward Harvard or any other non-profit organization, should stem from an honest desire to donate time, resources or money. Luring donors through cocktail parties obscures the philanthropic goals of the Senior Gift, making the act of giving more about prestige and yo-yos than altruism and education...
...Steadfast Tin Soldier grafted onto Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto. The one-legged soldier and his ballerina love battle an evil Jack-in-the-box in a gorgeous blend of traditional and computer animation. Eric Goldberg has a snippet set to Carnival of the Animals--flamingoes playing with yo-yos--that is giddy enough to remind you of Bob Clampett's 1943 cartoon classic A Corny Concerto. The Goldberg variation on Rhapsody in Blue is a smartly syncopated tribute to ageless caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. In the style of the NINAs that Hirschfeld hides in his drawings, the piece is crawling...
...information sessions have become playgrounds, trying to win employees instead of friends by sharing toys. Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) provided all attendees with light-up yo-yos. Vertex Partners, acknowledging a more mature crowd, provided travel coffee mugs...
...worse than yard sales. This time hero Woody is the victim--kidnapped by Al to complete a set of classic '50s toys. Turns out Woody, or the marionette that inspired him, was once famous. He starred in his own TV show. He generated spin-off merchandise like radios, yo-yos, ukuleles. Heck, he was on the cover of TIME...