[stag_dropcap font_size=”50px” style=”normal”]T[/stag_dropcap]he Harbus has learned that the Hives within Batten Hall will close next week so that HBS authorities can try to remove a persistent bee infestation. Sources close to the administration revealed that the dramatic decision to shut the Hives was taken after a number of students were stung by resident bees while… Continue reading Bee infestation forces closures of the Hives
Category: Humor
All HBS RC courses to be rolled into LEAD
RC program chair Rawi Abdelal announced today that, starting this fall, all RC courses will be rolled into ‘LEAD’, the first year leadership course. Rawi explained that the change was driven by a desire to be more upfront with students. “We feel like the current iteration of the RC curriculum isn’t completely straight with students… Continue reading All HBS RC courses to be rolled into LEAD
Spring melts snow, revealing hundreds of dead, frozen bunnies
[stag_dropcap font_size=”50px” style=”normal”]S[/stag_dropcap]tudents who spent the winter jokingly asking ‘where did the campus bunnies go?’ have had their question answered in a most grisly way by the melting snow, which has revealed the frozen corpses of hundreds of bunnies. Students who assumed the campus’ cute critters had spent the winter like the students had –… Continue reading Spring melts snow, revealing hundreds of dead, frozen bunnies
10 Things You Don’t Know About Me
The Harbus Chief Commercial Officer (and HBS partner) Megan Fairbank brings you 10 fun, compelling and unexpected facts about members of the HBS community. This week, RC Philip Blackett (New Section B) and EC Kiran Gandhi (Old Section H) reveal ten things you might not know about them. 10 things you don’t know about: Philip… Continue reading 10 Things You Don’t Know About Me
While RCs Were at FIELD, the Partners Partied in Boston
Partner columnist Emily Dohse tells RCs what they missed while they were at FIELD. [stag_dropcap font_size=”50px” style=”normal”]W[/stag_dropcap]elcome back, RCs! Your partners missed you. Unless of course you’re a partner who got to travel the world with your student, in which case those partners probably didn’t miss anything at all, except the other partners they left… Continue reading While RCs Were at FIELD, the Partners Partied in Boston
Movember’s Most Manly ’Mo’s
By Upasana Unni You’ve probably seen the ’staches (or rashes, as the case may be) on campus and wondered why recruiting seems to have turned perfectly nice men into 1970s versions of themselves. The real reason behind the plethora of Mo Bros is raising awareness for men’s health issues such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer,… Continue reading Movember’s Most Manly ’Mo’s
Emily Dohse reports from Partner Case Night
I’ve never power-walked so fast in my life. I had just gotten off the T at Harvard Square and was FaceTiming besties back in Chicago while crossing Mt. Auburn Street, when I looked at my watch: 6:24?! $%#!#@! With a side-eye out for the wild Cambridge turkey, I hoofed it across the bridge in full-blown… Continue reading Emily Dohse reports from Partner Case Night
Love in the South
This is a perspective for those who have not experienced the South and all of its intricacies. Entrackasees? You know what I’m talking about. I lived in Alabama following my undergraduate education, during a crucial time in my life as far as relationships go: single and 22. I know what you’re thinking: you were so… Continue reading Love in the South
Love means constantly having to say you’re sorry
They say “love means never having to say you’re sorry”, but despite every signal the administration has given us to the contrary, business school is in fact not a critically acclaimed 1970s romantic drama starring Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw – instead we get the more ethnically diverse but arguably less dramatically talented Jordan Strebeck… Continue reading Love means constantly having to say you’re sorry
How to Get a Job Without Really Trying
Unfortunately, this article is not a critically-acclaimed Broadway musical starring critically-acclaimed actor Daniel Radcliffe – but, much like life here at HBS, this article will be filled with a combination of great learnings and small disappointments. Second on the list of disappointments? The fact that this article came out too late to guide you to… Continue reading How to Get a Job Without Really Trying
Twas the night before Date Night
Hey girl hey, I know that our first date is not until tomorrow night but our mutual friend has informed me that you have never dated an HBSer. As such, it is only fair that I alert you to what is in store. First, please do not be alarmed: I am (for the most part)… Continue reading Twas the night before Date Night
Raamin Noodles: How to Black Friday
Well folks, November has come and gone, and with it has gone not only the strongest batch of mustaches this campus has seen since the late 1950s, but also that venerable American holiday we know as Thanksgiving. For the somehow-still-confused internationals in the audience, Thanksgiving is the most uniquely American of all holidays because it… Continue reading Raamin Noodles: How to Black Friday
Lets do well at SXSW this SXSW.
Goal: I want this article to be your ROI for tuition. For both years. In the next 700 words and 4 hashtags, readers of this Harbus post will get their $$ back. Execution: As HBS first years, we will not fall into the bad habits networking-like-a-second-year-section-leader that ‘some’ second years have fallen into, fell into… Continue reading Lets do well at SXSW this SXSW.
News in Brief
Apple claims production of green sapphire crystals for iPhone fingerprint scanners “is totally not actually Kryptonite, we promise” Crazy-massive tech company Apple is once again ramping up production of seemingly-odd internal components well in advance of sales of the newest edition of its iPhone. The latest item to make its way through Apple’s supply chain… Continue reading News in Brief
One Western Ave 451
This column will follow the triumphs and tribulations of Spencer, Andrew and Felicity, three housemates in One Western 451, as they navigate the coming academic year at Harvard Business School. Andrew, an EC, worked for Deloitte in Phoenix, AZ, is home town. You’d be hard-pressed to find this out, because he talks about his two-month… Continue reading One Western Ave 451
Raamin Noodles
Dude. You gotta chill. This hallowed institution to which you have entrusted two years of your life, one hundred and twenty thousand of your dollars, and uncounted liver cells is, in fact, very different from the job you just left. Effort isn’t rewarded the same way, 360-degree feedback is considerably less frequent (FIELD 1 doesn’t… Continue reading Raamin Noodles
Finding Love at HBS—Going Digital
Dear readers, I have a confession to make: I have tried online dating, and I liked it. Who needs a bar when you can search for a soulmate from the comfort of your own couch? Who needs pickup lines when you have all the time in the world to craft the perfect, witty, feels-like-we’ve-known-each-other-forever message?… Continue reading Finding Love at HBS—Going Digital
For the Love of Missing Out
How was your day today? Did you make the brown bag lunch with Professor Xavier, catch that talk by the CEO of ShamWow, schmooze at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Club Ice Cream Social, fit in boat races at the Boathouse for section drinks, and drop by the Black, White, Yellow, Pink, and Periwinkle parties…all with a… Continue reading For the Love of Missing Out
One Western Ave 451
This column will follow the weekly triumphs and tribulations of Spencer, Andrew and Felicity, three housemates in One Western 451, as they navigate the coming academic year at Harvard Business School. Andrew, an EC, worked for Deloitte in Phoenix, AZ, is home town. You’d be hard-pressed to find this out, because he talks about his… Continue reading One Western Ave 451
Top Ten Ways to Stay Sane During RC Year
Top Ten Ways to Stay Sane During RC Year: 1) Class Preparation: The case-method is one of the most important traditions of the Harvard Business School experience, but mastering the art of the case method in class is challenging. First off, overdress. This gesture will increase your classmates’ perception of your intelligence regardless of… Continue reading Top Ten Ways to Stay Sane During RC Year
Fleeting Bliss in Beirut
‘Dream as if you’ll life forever, live as if you’ll die tomorrow’ Certainly one of the most over-memed (or ‘grammed) quotes out there. Gandhi must be pissed www.replicaforbest.co.uk. Yet it is also seemingly the most apt way to describe Lebanon’s approach to happiness. It was perhaps a rather foolhardy visit – the foreign… Continue reading Fleeting Bliss in Beirut
A Beginner’s Guide to Dating at HBS
First, like all things at HBS, know that this is a competitive event. There are winners and losers. There are teams. There are rules, regulations, penalties. There is media buzz. There will be mistakes made, trades, roster cuts, and star performances from the players you least expected. The season will have its ups and downs… Continue reading A Beginner’s Guide to Dating at HBS
Raamin Noodles: The Nine Commandments for RC Happiness, as Practiced by the Class of 2014
Howdy, RCs! By now you’re more than a month into classes, and I bet you’re feeling like you’re just getting into the swing of things. You’re beginning to understand which cases you need to read closely (TOM) and which cases you can generally get away with skimming (literally anything else). You’re starting to figure out… Continue reading Raamin Noodles: The Nine Commandments for RC Happiness, as Practiced by the Class of 2014
MBAx: MBAs Across America
That’s the advice Dave Schiff, Chief Creative at Made Movement, gave us this summer. He left a posh post at the famed ad firm Crispin Porter + Bogusky to move to Boulder and start a creative agency dedicated to the resurgence of American manufacturing. We worked with Dave and his team on the e-commerce side… Continue reading MBAx: MBAs Across America
Welcome, Back and Forward
Welcome, Back and Forward Welcome back future business leaders. And for you first years…welcome forward? I can tell you that as a first year you will constantly be enamored with the second years, entranced with the classic paradigmagical trap that makes every second year seem much older and wiser than you are. And, you’re right. … Continue reading Welcome, Back and Forward
Welcome [Back]!
Daniel Selikowitz (Editor-in-Chief) invites you to stroll around the grounds until you feel at home.
Raamin Noodles
Welcome to HBS, RCs! It’s fantastic to have a brand-new group of 900-odd students (as opposed to 900 odd students) who will neither understand the jokes ECs will be making at your expense nor, if my experience was any guide, even be exposed to ECs at all – until your old section decides to finally… Continue reading Raamin Noodles
One Western Ave 451 [Or: How I Met Your Biological Father / The Big Buyout Theory]
One Western Ave 451 [Or: How I Met Your Biological Father / The Big Buyout Theory] This column will follow the weekly triumphs and tribulations of Spencer, Andrew and Felicity, three housemates in One Western 451, as they navigate the coming academic year at Harvard Business School. Andrew, an EC, worked for Deloitte in Phoenix,… Continue reading One Western Ave 451 [Or: How I Met Your Biological Father / The Big Buyout Theory]
We’ll Never Take Your Freedom
The great journalistic assignments of our time can be counted on the right hand of Homer Simpson. Watergate, Lewinsky, O.J. Simpson, Manti Te’o. Well Homer, sorry but you’re going to have to put down that donut because you’re moving on to appendage number two. That’s right – A British guy is going to walk the… Continue reading We’ll Never Take Your Freedom
The Strokes, Sans ‘Strummy Sh-t,’ Return with Comedown Machine
“WHAT is this strummy SH-T!?” The year was 2005. Gay cowboys made us cry, Razr phones were the BEST, and in New York the Mets were finally winning again. It was good to be alive. That fall, a young and fiery Bart Clareman had moved home to New York City where he thought everyone at… Continue reading The Strokes, Sans ‘Strummy Sh-t,’ Return with Comedown Machine