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SA Tallies Gains, Looks Ahead

Welcome back! We’d like to take a couple of minutes to give you an update on the Student Association (SA) and the initiatives and activities we have been working on this year. The SA agenda is set directly by students every Spring through the Student Issues Poll. While we’re best-known for sponsoring the TGIFs, social… Continue reading SA Tallies Gains, Looks Ahead

Four Students Recognized by SA for Boosting Community

Congratulations to Brendon Dibella (OD), Kyra Danilchick (OF), Anand Radhakrishnan (OK), and Brad Staats (OB), this semester’s recipients of the SA MBA Award. The award serves to recognize students who have excelled in their efforts to improve or promote the extended HBS community, increase the morale and sense of community at HBS, and encourage other… Continue reading Four Students Recognized by SA for Boosting Community

Inside the Senate

HBS students who want to organize new clubs are about to get a great deal more certainty about the procedures they need to follow.The Student Association Senate is expected to approve amendments to its constitution at its meeting this Wednesday that will create a new Student Clubs Committee. Senator Chris Grosso (OH), who helped lead… Continue reading Inside the Senate

What's Hot This Week-Welcome Back WeGo!

Deconstructing WeGoFor those of you not familiar with WeGo (first-years especially), this is a service that allows the student community to advertise items they are selling or seeking. Those who do not want to receive advertisements can opt out. How can students utilize WeGo? The common themes are set up around Buy & Sell, Polls,… Continue reading What's Hot This Week-Welcome Back WeGo!

What's Hot This Week — The Hiring Hunt

The HBS Student Association is joining the HBS-wide drive to expand the pool of companies recruiting on campus with a poll asking students to identify companies they want to see visiting Allston. The results of the poll will be passed along to Career Services officials, who are actively contacting companies in an effort to spur… Continue reading What's Hot This Week — The Hiring Hunt

Now Hear This! SA Adds VPs of Communications

The SA is working hard to make sure that your student issues are heard, voiced, dealt with, and communicated. But you might be asking-what issues are these, exactly? The Student Association is undertaking so many initiatives that it can be hard to keep track of them all, especially in light of classes, clubs, recruiting, and… Continue reading Now Hear This! SA Adds VPs of Communications

Welcome Back ECs

Just as the Class of 2003 had started feeling a little settled, having gotten the Crimson Greetings glitter off their hands and foreheads, and into Foundations, they were subjected to a shocking disturbance. The ECs are back. As nine hundred people stormed back into what they felt was their domain, the hapless RCs watched the… Continue reading Welcome Back ECs

That Guy Welcomes our New Class Officers

I would like to offer a hearty congratulations to our new Student Association officers. In a student body devoid of ambition, leadership talent, and gratuitous resume stuffing, it is refreshing to see that these individuals have stepped up to the plate. I would like to offer a couple of action items for each of our… Continue reading That Guy Welcomes our New Class Officers

Update from the Student Association

Welcome back. We hope you have had a great Winter Break. The Student Association has been working hard this past term on issues important to the Student Body and is looking forward to an active Winter Term. The Student Association’s agenda is based on issues surfaced in a poll administered to the student body at… Continue reading Update from the Student Association

Jensen (NI) and Khan (ND) elected SA co-presidents

Last Thursday Annemarie Jensen (NI) and Salman Khan (ND) were elected as the new SA co-presidents. In an election characterized by a high turnout rate of 71%, Jensen and Khan defeated the opposing presidential slate of Catherine Rucker (NH) and Brian Wheelan (ND). The margin of victory was not released. Speaking after the results, Jensen… Continue reading Jensen (NI) and Khan (ND) elected SA co-presidents

Two Senators' Thoughts on The Student Association

Most MBA students are vaguely aware of what the Student Association or the Senate does. Our goal in this article is to make the inner-workings of the SA clearer and to offer some ideas of how we think the Student Association and Senate can serve the student body even better (many of which have come… Continue reading Two Senators' Thoughts on The Student Association

SA: What's Hot This Week

SA elections are this week. Position papers will be posted in section classrooms. Speeches will be given Monday, February 25 at 3pm in Burden Auditorium. They will also be accessible through the my.hbs page. Elections for SA President, Chief Financial Officer and the SA social committee will be held on Thursday, February 28th with run-offs… Continue reading SA: What's Hot This Week

SA Vote Paves Way for February Elections

The HBS Student Association Senate last Wednesday approved a series of changes to its constitution, paving the way for the first-year class to elect new SA co-presidents and a Chief Financial Officer next month.Current SA co-Presidents Lori Schock (OD) and Mark Plunkett (OK) had made accelerating the elections schedule a top priority. In the past,… Continue reading SA Vote Paves Way for February Elections

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HBS Grand Cricket Showdown

If you don’t know anything about the rules of cricket, just imagine this as a round of golf, it works either way.Trust me when I say this was one of the most amazing game many of us have ever played in our lives. It marks a genuine low point in HBS sporting culture, exemplified by… Continue reading HBS Grand Cricket Showdown

So What is This Thing They Call "SA"?

A very common question, and one we will try our best to answer (in the shortest number of words possible). The Student Association was established “…in order to actively enrich and broaden the experience of the student community at HBS, both in and out of the classroom.” Every MBA student is a member of the… Continue reading So What is This Thing They Call "SA"?

Plunkett, Schock to Lead Class of 2002

Congratulations to the new SA Co-Presidents, Lori Schock (ND) and Mark Plunkett (NK), and to the new SA Social Committee – Cecily Kovatch (ND), Marci Walner (NA) and Tiberius Vadan (NI). Elections for the new SA Co-Presidents and Social Committee took place on April 4. Candidates campaigned from March 30 until the end of April… Continue reading Plunkett, Schock to Lead Class of 2002

Issues Poll Sheds Light on Top Student Wishes

Well over 1300 HBS students recently completed the second annual Student Issues Poll, an online survey developed by the Student Association (SA) to help the SA focus its efforts on the issues of greatest importance to HBS students. Mini Desai (OK), SA Co-President, said, “The students did a phenomenal job rallying together and giving their… Continue reading Issues Poll Sheds Light on Top Student Wishes

Student Association Year-In-Review

The snow has finally melted, classes are winding down and a new, very impressive team from the class of 2004 is now leading the Student Association. As the outgoing co-presidents, we would like to provide a sense of what was accomplished during our year in the Student Association. In doing this, we would like to… Continue reading Student Association Year-In-Review

The Jitterbug takes First Prize

Picture this: 1,100 RC and 350 EC students in a ballroom, having consumed a total of 500 bottles of wine, staring expectantly at the stage where Alex Michael “two first names, one vision” (NH), and Vikram Sharma (NE) were standing mike in hand. Alex is the quintessential New York party boy; sharp, flamboyant, and often… Continue reading The Jitterbug takes First Prize

The Other '04 Race, SA Elections Are Here

Has all the election coverage got you wondering about your “elect-ability” but you want to avoid the whole primary process? Well here’s your chance. SA Elections are finally here. Why would you want to run for an office? For one thing, it’s a great way to get involved in HBS and get things done. The… Continue reading The Other '04 Race, SA Elections Are Here

Meet the Presidents

The Harbus recently sat down with the newly elected HBS Student Association leaders, Laura Merritt and Kunal Modi.  Laura and Kunal gave us the scoop on their friendship, the decision to campaign replica breitling bentley 6.75, and plans for next year. The Proposal Harbus: It seems like you two are BFF’s.  Tell me about your… Continue reading Meet the Presidents