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...When Zou Chunlan left school to become a professional athlete, her recruiting coach assured the 13-year-old that the nation's huge sports bureaucracy would look after her for the rest of her life. All she had to worry about was winning. For a decade, Zou followed his advice, winning the 48-kg national weightlifting title in 1990 when she was 19 years old and pocketing four other national championships. But when she retired in 1993, Zou discovered that the coach's side of the bargain wasn't going to be met. After three years of menial jobs...
...from the NBA. Rather than basketball teams marketing themselves individually, the NBA represents the collective interest of the league when it sells itself in places like China. "The NBA has the vision, focus and drive that the [Premier League] doesn't," says Terry Rhoads, general manager of Shanghai's Zou Marketing, who has advised both the NFL and the NBA on selling to China. "The [Premier League] clubs are taking the lead and there's no coordinated effort. Right now it's like the children leading the parents when it should be the other way around." Scudamore dismisses the comparison...
...lack of centralization means regularly missed chances. Each year students such as Zou create new and fascinating opportunities for themselves, but without someone to collect this information, opportunities which other students might have shared are forgotten about. As members of the Center for European Studies Undergraduate Board, we do our best to collect information for students who wish to work in Europe. On Thursday, February 3, we are holding an information session with officials from various University bodies about summer experiences in Europe. All undergraduates are invited to join us at 27 Kirkland Street and plan for their summers. Despite...
...students. Faculty have acquaintances in global academic circles, and the alumni network itself is probably the most exciting array of professionals connected to Harvard with interesting occupations. These networks could easily be put to use for undergraduates: Harvard is notoriously in touch with everyone to solicit donations. Zou, who studies government, was told at OCS that she could look through a list of alumni but could only contact them for advice and not for job opportunities. She asks, “Doesn’t this defeat the entire purpose of having an alum network?” Perhaps Harvard...
...While there are a number of Harvard-funded opportunities, these are limited in number, and there is firece competition for them. The prominent Weissman International Internship Program, which finances international internships for sophomores and juniors (who have secured their opportunities independently), funds only 30-odd students each year. For Zou, who located her internship at the House of Commons without help from Harvard but through a friend of a friend, the only option was to support herself for the entire summer...