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Pregnant at HBS: Two Students, Four Lives, Five Classes
Pregnancy is a beautiful thing. It’s a time when a female transforms from a woman to a mother. Her innocence is transferred, and her eyes are awakened to the dangers of the world as she takes on the responsibility of raising a child. The process of discovery is begun anew as she begins to see… Continue reading Pregnant at HBS: Two Students, Four Lives, Five Classes
Do We Learn What Makes Leaders at HBS?
We talk a lot about leadership at HBS, but sometimes I wonder if we’re using a word we don’t understand very well. A typical class: An instructor asks what made Martin Luther King a leader. We fill the board with phrases like possessed a vision; great communicator; capable of building coalitions; and so on.When the… Continue reading Do We Learn What Makes Leaders at HBS?
A Summer Internship Saga
It was 9:30 p.m. on a Friday night in May, only eleven hours before my last final of the first year. I had just received a phone call from the company with whom I thought I would be working for the summer, and suddenly I was unemployed. So like any veteran first-year student faced with… Continue reading A Summer Internship Saga
Halloween at Club B
I love Halloween. It has been my favorite holiday for as long as I can remember. Every year I wear a costume, no matter how old I may be getting. As it turns out, so do many sectionmates. Trick or Treat Club B celebrated Halloween in style, as if you would expect anything less from… Continue reading Halloween at Club B
Auntie Sam:
Dear Auntie Sam,During Foundations, I said not a word in class. First I was shy, then I decided what I had to say lacked the necessary gravitas, and then I wondered whether I should even bother because we were all being graded pass/fail anyway. The result was that I spoke not at all. A couple… Continue reading Auntie Sam:
They Said What?
Welcome to the first edition of They Said What? This will be a recurring column, sharing some of the most humorous anecdotes heard around campus. This week’s quotes were all made by professors in class during the Analytics Program, which is also known as “Math Camp.” In the future, students and staff are also open… Continue reading They Said What?
Academics, Grading & Exam
During orientation, I asked second years for advice on life at HBS. “Enjoy your time and don’t stress too much” was the answer I heard most often. This article is intended to help you do just that by explaining a few of the intricacies of academic life at HBS. While the academic environment is certainly… Continue reading Academics, Grading & Exam
A Summer Internship Saga
It was 9:30 p.m. on a Friday night in May, only eleven hours before my last final of the first year. I had just received a phone call from the company with whom I thought I would be working for the summer, and suddenly I was unemployed. So like any veteran first-year student faced with… Continue reading A Summer Internship Saga
Grades? What Grades?
Tuesday, January 14, 2003. 2:39:59. Overheard in the hallway: “Yeah, Whatever, Man. I’m not going to check my grades. Who really cares? Everyone knows that they don’t matter. Plus, what do I care how I did on the LEAD exam? What do they expect with that kind of exam? There should be a rule that… Continue reading Grades? What Grades?
Thought Leadership Initiative Presentation Starts on Tuesday
Ever wish you could hear some of the incredible professors at HBS talk about what interests them in their research or learn more about their class but were unable to enroll due to capacity constraints? Now is you chance. Some of the professors in those doubly oversubscribed classes have agreed to speak as part of… Continue reading Thought Leadership Initiative Presentation Starts on Tuesday
HBS Working Knowledge Recommends:
Quality Financial Reporting by Paul Miller and Paul BahnsonMcGraw-Hill, 2002 Remember when financial reporting was boring? Today, your career may be riding on your grasp of it. This book, written by two accounting professors, argues that your reporting should be as transparent for investors as the systems you use with workers, customers, and vendors. The… Continue reading HBS Working Knowledge Recommends:
Viewpoints: Getting The Most Out Of It
So here we are. September 2002. HBS. In front of us is a land of opportunities. Within us, this burning question: how to make the most out of it? If I may, here are some thoughts on how to have a fulfilling year.Let’s forget the traditional wisdom. HBS is not an MBA program dedicated to… Continue reading Viewpoints: Getting The Most Out Of It
Credit Where It's Due
We don’t know who was responsible, but whoever it was deserves thanks. Whether it was pre-scheduled or in response to last week’s editorial, we don’t know – but somebody solved the problem – and fast. We would like to think we’re so influential, but we (should) know better. Last Monday, by the end of the… Continue reading Credit Where It's Due
They Said What?
Welcome to the first edition for 2002-2003 of They Said What?, a featured column in Harbus Humor that relays some of the most humorous anecdotes heard around campus. We start the year off with the “Best Of” quotes from the 2001-2002 academic year. Whether you’re an RC or an EC, anyone who catches an entertaining… Continue reading They Said What?
Community Standards:
The editorial comment that we either have Community Standards or we don’t is a little simplistic and naive. Sure, we have community standards, which are often broken. How many times do students read a write up from the Study Group without having first read and analyzed the case themselves? How many times have you seen… Continue reading Community Standards:
UNstudy II- AIDS in Africa
When a couple of people get together to talk about how to make our world a better place, they can be called agitators or outliers. When a half a dozen people start talking about key issues, some eyebrows get raised. But when nearly 50 people get together in a number of groups over an entire… Continue reading UNstudy II- AIDS in Africa
Infernal Rate of Return:
The HBS Show Staff returned from spring break today to release the long awaited title for this year’s extravaganza production. While the Show’s theme and many details remain shrouded in mystery, Infernal Rate of Return promises to live up to its 29-year history of wit and irreverence. Traditionally, the content of the HBS Show satirizes… Continue reading Infernal Rate of Return:
HBS Starts UNstudying
A few weeks ago some HBS students and faculty did a great thing-they got together over lunch and had an organized, thoughtful conversation about Enron. The conversation was the first in a series of what are being called “UNstudy Groups.” (See below for information on how to join the next one.) Now, of course, HBS… Continue reading HBS Starts UNstudying
Arrogance Lost
Like a lot of my classmates, I have been feeling a little shaky lately. While the company cancellations and the limited number of desirable postings in the internship database are depressing, the futile summer job search seems to have taken an even larger than expected toll on my overall mood. For us fruitless job seekers,… Continue reading Arrogance Lost
A New System of Excused Absences
Over the last two weeks I have had to miss four classes due to interviews. Admittedly, my section truly feels the pain when I am not around, as my well-thought out, clear and concise prose often adds a superior level of intellect to an otherwise mediocre discussion. Unfortunately for my section, I am interviewing with… Continue reading A New System of Excused Absences
Time for a Moratorium on Cold Calls?
Last week’s Harbus quoted Dr. Richard Kadison, Chief of Mental Health for all of University Health Services, describing a rut that several HBS students fall into. The way he described it, the rut begins with anxieties about the infamous HBS opening cold call. Because of those anxieties, students can lose sleep by over-preparing for class,… Continue reading Time for a Moratorium on Cold Calls?
The Awkward Split of Finance I
The collective sigh of relief for most RC students from before the holiday break was short-lived because Monday, January 28 marks the last day of Finance 1-the final exam. While we students have undoubtedly developed our finance skills, moving from identifying sources and uses of cash in Butler Lumber to valuing a series of entire… Continue reading The Awkward Split of Finance I
HBS: Best Vocational School in the World?
I spent some time over break reflecting upon my first semester here at HBS. I have met some of the brightest, most talented students and professors I have ever been in contact with. I have been challenged to work hard0eö?`‰_TTŽoW+OŽ^UŽ.-train successful business people who will serve society, not exploit it like the robber barons of… Continue reading HBS: Best Vocational School in the World?
Faculty: End of Summer Term Means Tradeoffs
As they prepare to guide the final January cohort into the homestretch of its summer term, several faculty members contacted last week said they would have mixed feelings about the end of the alternative schedule. While teaching during the summer occasionally raised some significant scheduling conflicts – especially for faculty with children on the traditional… Continue reading Faculty: End of Summer Term Means Tradeoffs
Life in H
We’re back in the groove of Term 2 now, but everything just keeps changing. New classes, new professors, warm weather, the list just goes on. Perhaps most difficult change to accept (at least for the female members of the class) is the loss of Mark Mitchell, our FIN 1 prof. He arrived in our last… Continue reading Life in H
Administration: Stay the Course
HBS administrators say they have largely been able to stick to their plan of preparing for the single-cohort Class of 2003 by drawing heavily on lessons learned prior to the introduction of the two-cohort system six years ago. While the Crimson Greetings simulation posed some of the greatest practical problems, (click here for related article)… Continue reading Administration: Stay the Course
Life in H
After an all too short “spring” break, the boys and girls of Section H have returned-but someone switched our seats!!!! It’s just not the same anymore with Hector and Matt on the worm deck, and Mike Kaplan half asleep in the power deck, very near a convenient exit door. Strangely enough, Cold Call King Mark… Continue reading Life in H
Frogs Raise Funds
Section NF held its 2001 Charity Gala Auction on Wednesday, April 4th. In a Tour de Force of giving from the section, about 90 items went up for grabs. Almost 60 items were available by silent auction, where section members had a limited time to write bids each item’s card, and were able to follow… Continue reading Frogs Raise Funds
Cross-Registering Across the River
I never intended to cross-register at Harvard’s Business School. As a high school teacher in Wisconsin, I never even intended to attend Harvard. I only applied to goad a former student and graduating senior into applying to Harvard’s undergraduate program. He wouldn’t hear of it. Wisconsin was too removed from Harvard-the great and daunting icon… Continue reading Cross-Registering Across the River
