Hey, if you’re considering a new place to live, or you’ve already decided, the Net can make life easier for you. Sure, it’s tough locating a place to live from afar, but once there, it’ll also take you a while to connect with people, and even to get advice, like, on what neighborhoods are like… Continue reading Using the Web to Explore A New City
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J Meets Vegas & Prepares for Hell Week
I am not sure if we are on Casino Trek II, III, IV or more, but Barry Hytinen led a few more of his fearless gamers to Las Vegas over the long weekend. I pried for the down-low on the evening activities, but didn’t get very far. The party line is that it was pretty… Continue reading J Meets Vegas & Prepares for Hell Week
Section Love
I’m all for making new friends. But I wasn’t too sure how the whole section thing would work out. Before coming to HBS, I kept hearing how my section-mates would be “my best friends for life.” As someone who holds her best friends to pretty high standards, I was dubious. Who would these people be?… Continue reading Section Love
Baseball Bargaining
Anybody wonder how much money our Kansas City Zephyrs lost last year? If one believes the (unaudited) financial statements presented by Major League Baseball to the U.S. Congress in December, our beloved FRC Zephyrs probably lost their shirts… and their cleats too. League Commissioner Bud Selig testified to Congress that the sport’s 30 teams lost… Continue reading Baseball Bargaining
Hope for the Best
I live by the clich‚ “Hope for the best, prepare for the worst,” especially the latter part of that statement. So, on my way to Boston, I had imagined a campus full of suits walking around spewing financial jargon I wouldn’t understand, hissing at me as I naively blurt out “finance” with a long “i.”… Continue reading Hope for the Best
New York Trek 2001
New York Trek 2001 attracted 125 students to Manhattan last Friday despite an utter downpour. Students took time out to immerse themselves in the latest developments in the high tech and entertainment industries. As opposed to some other treks where people visit multiple office locations, New York Trek centralized its daytime activities at the Sony… Continue reading New York Trek 2001
Recession Regression
Cheryl Alkon knew the job market was tight in 1992 when she graduated from college at the tail-end of the last real recession in the United States. But that didn’t make her six-month effort to find a job as a magazine writer any easier. “If someone was going to get a media job, I thought,… Continue reading Recession Regression
Recruiter Newsflash
Manufacturers Alcoa Inc. (AA) signed a 10-year, $300 million contract with Honeywell International Inc. (HON) to develop a program designed to boost productivity and reduce costs at seven Alcoa alumina-refining facilities. In a press release Monday, Alcoa said the Honeywell Industrial Control ManageAbility agreement will help improve process control and standardization of both equipment and… Continue reading Recruiter Newsflash
How to Write The HBS Show
1) FORM TEAM: Gather diverse community perspectives by assembling: a giant, goofy genius; a politically-charged New York satirist; a red-headed drama freak; an overly-sensitive meathead; and two extraordinarily good-looking and popular ski bums. 2) WRITE TREATMENT: Spend dozens of useless but amusing hours in SFP 1-413. Eat all of Dan Allen’s cookie dough and wash… Continue reading How to Write The HBS Show
"Motherland"
Vineeta Vijayaraghavan’s debut novel deserves the rave reviews it is getting. Set in the early 90s in India, the book explores the scenario of reverse migration. Maya is a fifteen year old girl from New York, spending the summer at her grandmother’s house in a small tea estate in India. Maya had been brought up… Continue reading "Motherland"
I Had A More Exotic Winter Break Than You
Hey! How are you? Great to see you! How was your break? Oh, really, you went home? How fun for you! Where’s home? Really, San Francisco? I adore San Fran! Did you have the kaiseki at Kyo-ya? No? Well, next time you are there, you must go, seriously! Did you spend your whole break there?… Continue reading I Had A More Exotic Winter Break Than You
The DO's and DON'Ts of Black Monday
Harbus Humor Editor and Steward of the Collective LustBy now, it should be apparent that the world of HBS has shifted. For RC’s, the world where fully 30% of the class flees Boston every Friday on a mass exodus to New York to appease distant lovers is ending, and being replaced by a world where… Continue reading The DO's and DON'Ts of Black Monday
Career Advice From Dr. Tim Butler's Sarcastic And Evil Twin Brother Dr. Bart Butler
Dear Dr. Bart, I have always wanted to be a diplomat. I know this is a somewhat difficult field to get into, but I thought that HBS might give me a leg up on the competition. What advice can you give me in getting started?– Gretchen Mindo, NF Well, let’s see, Gretchen. One thing that… Continue reading Career Advice From Dr. Tim Butler's Sarcastic And Evil Twin Brother Dr. Bart Butler
Remembering 9/11
Note: I’m definitely not a writer in any way, shape or form. I’m not even sure if this type of material is appropriate for the Harbus. I’m not looking for pity or sympathy. It’s just something that I felt the need to share because of how passionate I feel about it. And there are so… Continue reading Remembering 9/11
Shifty Eyes
Yes, yes, yes, we are indeed back. Same faces, a little tanner and thinner, and with “old” as the prefix to our section identifier instead of “new.” And for the Class of 2004, oddly enough, this period resembles that of a year ago, except that, “so what section are you in?” has been replaced by… Continue reading Shifty Eyes
Events Around Harvard
Mon., May 5 – “Turning Ideas into Action: Reflections on Policy Making in Massachusetts” Tripp Jones, former executive director of MassINC, Join us for the Spring 2003 Rappaport Institute Public Service Lecture Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street 5:30PM Tue., May 6-“State-Civil Society Relations in a Post-Authoritarian Context: The… Continue reading Events Around Harvard
The Coastal
. . . So I’m sitting in another EM case, and I have to hear another comment: “It makes sense to go and focus on a place like New York City, but I’m concerned about their idea of marketing salons in Kansas City.” Like people in Kansas City don’t have hair. It’s not a mean… Continue reading The Coastal
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Maybe it’s just me, but I honestly view graduation as the coming of the apocalypse. When friends talk to me about plans for the summer or next year, I’m almost confused. What do you mean? I have to leave? It’s not even so much that I’m scared of graduating; I’m literally completely in denial. Relationships… Continue reading Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Location, Location, Location
Like many RC’s, I’ve now ramped up my search for the elusively-ideal summer internship. I now realize that we’re blessed with a curse, of sorts, in having the luxury to choose a new industry or function. Important in this decision process, which I really hadn’t given much thought to, is geography. At the outset, I… Continue reading Location, Location, Location
Adventures on The Apprentice: PepsiCo brings Andy Litinsky, Harvard University and ex-Apprentice 2004, to HBS
PepsiCo has had a long history of surprising and delighting consumers with its celebrity-based advertising, which frequently gives the audience a heartwarming yet tongue-in-cheek insight into their favorite entertainers. PepsiCo kept up with this tradition even during its company presentation for RCs on Dec 2nd when much to the delight of the assembled crowd, Andy… Continue reading Adventures on The Apprentice: PepsiCo brings Andy Litinsky, Harvard University and ex-Apprentice 2004, to HBS
Owa-mbe Makes its Mark
On Friday, November 12, the Africa Business Club (ABC) hosted the first-ever Owa-mbe party with resounding success. When planning the event, ABC Social Vice-President Felix Ofungwu (OB), had a contingency plan in place for everything – except for New England’s first snowfall of the season! “The party will go on”, vowed Ofungwu, who conceived the… Continue reading Owa-mbe Makes its Mark
Make it a Blockbuster Night
Life is tough and it just keeps on getting tougher in Robert Benton’s 1979 classic film of a heartbreaking divorce. On a day destined for change, Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) comes home from work one New York evening bringing news of his promotion only to find his wife, Joanna Kramer (Meryl Streep), en route to… Continue reading Make it a Blockbuster Night
Escape to New York
“How was I assigned this particular section?” “If a cranberry bounces while TOM students are occupied with Shad exercises, is it really bouncing?” “Why must HBS blondes (especially the fake ones) do everything in packs of five?” Instead of wasting your time on these and other pointless RC-year ruminations, you should be sweating only one… Continue reading Escape to New York
Recent Alumni Perspective: Model Behavior
Jeetendr Sehdev (HBS ’04) is a Brand Strategist at the world’s leading advertising agency in New York. Not your typical HBS alumnus, Jeetendr is a self-confessed pop-culture junkie with looks more suited to a fashion runway than a 40th floor office cubicle. He was born and raised in the United Kingdom where he attended a… Continue reading Recent Alumni Perspective: Model Behavior
Reflections of a Legendary Deal Maker
I spoke recently with Peter J. Solomon (HBS ’63), founder of Peter J. Solomon Company (“PJSC’). PJSC is one of Wall Street’s most successful M&A specialty firms, having advised on more than 250 deals. Mr. Solomon founded the firm in 1989, after co-chairing Lehman Brother’s investment banking division. Solomon, who also served stints as Deputy… Continue reading Reflections of a Legendary Deal Maker
HBS Tastes Some Pudding
“But where can I find a woman solely bent on money and world domination? The business school, of course!” So went one of the lines at the Hasty Pudding show I saw last week, “As the Word Turns”. I was told the play was about Russian spies who sabotage a spelling bee by stealing all… Continue reading HBS Tastes Some Pudding
Interviewing Escapades
Well, RCs, it’s about that time. You have embarked on a journey that the second-year students are sick and tired of. Some of you are looking for a job; it’s quite noticeable from all of the people in Spangler project rooms last week past 5pm. (Cranberry was over a long time ago, so get real).… Continue reading Interviewing Escapades
Tracey McVicar – Managing Director CAI Capital Management
Last Friday I sat down for an interview with Tracey McVicar, Managing Director of CAI Capital Management, a Canadian private equity firm with a North American investment mandate and offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and New York. I have known Tracey for over seven years, first as a mentor and later as a friend and… Continue reading Tracey McVicar – Managing Director CAI Capital Management
HBS SA -Weekly
JESSICA RABLName: Jessica RablSA title: Co-Chief Development Officer (with Katina)What’s the role: This is a new role on the SA Executive Team starting this year. My main goal is to build relationships with corporate sponsors so that the SA can have more awesome/more affordable events. I hope to get as much EC/RC input as possible… Continue reading HBS SA -Weekly
Career Profiles – Courtney Zeph
Career Field Prior to HBS: Auditor at Pricewaterhousecoopers Position in JP Morgan: Investment Banking Associate, Technology, Media & Telecom Group Why did you choose an internship with J.P. Morgan?Initially, I was very broad in my summer internship search.ÿ I spoke with consulting firms, other banks, and different divisions within J.P. Morgan.ÿÿ In addition to its… Continue reading Career Profiles – Courtney Zeph
