Purple peanut butter. sold in a toothpaste tube. Believe me, kids will eat it up. Literally! Hmmm, I sense your apprehension. Not a buyer? No worries, I’ve got more. We all have great ideas (at least our moms think so), but often times these are ephemeral thoughts we might haphazardly jot down or make mental…
News
February 1, 2010
Going the Distance
This is the first in a series of articles following EC Kelly Carson’s quest to run her first marathon through the Dana Farber Marathon Challenge. Justÿone more mile. OK, maybe just a few blocks more. well, how about to that stop sign? God, I hate running.ÿ Two years ago, this was the dialogue that ran…
News
November 9, 2009
Player Profile – Gordon Ross (NE)
Position: Prop. We are at the coalface of the rugby team. We do all the hard work and then the backs score all the points and get the glory. Meanwhile, we are rising up from the mud like a creature from the deep. Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland. I like to think I take on the same…
News
September 21, 2009
Rugby Player Profile
TITLE:Rugby, Co-Captain WEIGHT:Approximately two thirds of Anthony Bangay (OG); 1x James Joun’s calves (OD). POSITION: Anywhere that provides sufficient open space to run away HAVE YOU PLAYED RUGBY BEFORE?Yes. I played for four years at Middlebury College on an athletic scholarship. OK, technically if you filled out the coupon at the local Sizzler and spent…
News
March 16, 2009
HBS Mysteries
Where did the turkey(s) go? Where did the turkey(s) come from? I’m sure someone knows… but they remain an HBS mystery. Was there only one turkey or two? Perhaps the turkey(s) knew the answers to some other mysteries.” You’ve been here a while, you know how it works, you know the score, what you are…
News
March 9, 2009
How to Save Yourself $20,000 at HBS
Isn’t this HBS MBA supposed to land you a high paying job right out of school and so you might as well rack up as much debt as possible and do everything you can to maximise the fun for the 2 years? Now.. Not so much.” Many ways you can save money, or get paid,…
News
May 5, 2008
The End of the Affair
About eighteen months ago I fell in love. It wasn’t love at first sight: on the contrary it followed a long and tumultuous courtship, and I entered into it with a healthy dose of British cynicism. I wasn’t expecting to fall for HBS. I hadn’t even really intended to do an MBA. I had been…
News
May 5, 2008
50 Reasons HBS is Better Than Real Life
In counterpoint to my other, uncharacteristically sentimental, article looking back on my time at HBS, I feel the need to lighten the atmosphere by taking a slightly tongue-in-cheek look at all the things about HBS that right now look infinitely preferable to the big, cold, scary world out there. So, here are the things that…
News
March 10, 2008
An Afghan Afternoon
Like many of my favorite memories from Afghanistan, it all began with an innocent phone call on a lazy Sunday afternoon. “Hey man, what are you doing?” It was Ahmed.* “Oh, nothing really. Just surfing the web at my guest house. I wish we’d gone somewhere this weekend. I’m pretty bored.” “Do you want to…
News
January 22, 2008
The Wine and Cuisine Society Holiday Party
The annual Wine and Cuisine Society (WCS, for those in the know) Holiday Party is quite different from many HBS parties for a number of reasons: it isn’t as centred around one group as much as some (e.g. European Club parties, Rugby Club parties, those parties held at peoples’ homes where they just invite their…
News
October 22, 2007
50 Things You're Unlikely to Ever do Again Once You Leave HBS
1. Sit in a room with the CEO of a company and tell them to their face that their strategy is stupid and will never work – with no repercussions.2. Go away for a weekend with 90 people you only met a month ago, to a cottage in Vermont with only 60 beds.3. Get up…
News
April 10, 2007
In Praise of Chivalry
chivalry noun1. qualities of ideal knight: the combination of qualities expected of the ideal medieval knight, especially courage, honor, loyalty, and consideration for others, especially women2. chivalrous behavior: considerate and courteous behavior, especially shown by a man toward women Chivalry occasionally gets a bad press, both from women arguing from a feminist viewpoint and from…
News
January 29, 2007
On Balance
The HBS gender imbalance is a threat to our community; how can we solve it? Continuing the theme of my previous articles (you’ve worked out what it is by now, right?), I would like to devote this one to discussing one of the major barriers to the establishment of a productive dating scene at HBS….
News
February 22, 2005
Girl, Make Me Your Classcard Man
Girl, if you will let me be the man on your classcard, I will fill your days with ecstasy and your nights with still more ecstasy. I will take you to the Spangler Food Court and I will buy you whatever you desire. Would you like a snack, my queen? Then I will buy you…
News
December 13, 2004
News In Brief
Business School Essay Advice Available Just in case any students have just been attending HBS classes all semester but didn’t actually get in to HBS, a flier currently posted in the basement of Aldrich provides a helpful phone number you can call to get advice on your business-school application essays. Hurry; the R2 application deadline…
News
October 4, 2004
Strange Congratulations
As anyone who has ever read this column before can attest, That Guy is a simple-minded fellow. I admit it, I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed (not just by HBS standards, but in general). Perhaps this un-sharpness is what’s left me struggling to understand a few things about last week’s “Alumni Achievement Awards…
News
May 3, 2004
A Staggering Stroll Down Memory Lane
So, the year is drawing to a close. It seems like only yesterday I was anticipating the joys of Creating Modern Capitalism and all of the other wonderful events that Foundations had to offer. (OK, so maybe my mind was more on the pub crawls and the TGIFs, but at least I remember the name…
News
April 5, 2004
A Chive a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Here are four real health stories from the last month, as presented on Yahoo! News: Exercising to Music May Make You SmarterReuters – Wed Mar 24, 4:44 PM ET If music makes you smarter, and exercise helps brain function, can exercising to music really boost brainpower? U.S. researchers said on Wednesday it can. Walking 15…
News
January 12, 2004
Editor's Welcome: The International Perspective
As you’ll quickly come to realize over the coming weeks, I get confused easily. Shoe laces, Muller corners, pedestrian crossings, stop signs – though I appear to be joined on this one by most of Boston’s drivers – have all left me questioning my sanity. And since being given this job I’ve been thoroughly perplexed…
News
December 8, 2003
Old That Guy Unmasks New That Guy
This is my final column as That Guy. This fills me with great sadness, but I know that I must make way for the younger generation, with their bustling energy and superior hand-eye coordination. Full of anxiety about my return to normality, I sought advice from the previous That Guy, Jordan Burton (spring ’03). I…
News
October 20, 2003
Girl, Make Me Your Classcard Man
Girl, if you will let me be the man on your classcard, I will fill your days with ecstasy and your nights with still more ecstasy. I will take you to the Spangler Food Court and I will buy you whatever you desire. Would you like a snack, my queen? Then I will buy you…
News
June 2, 2003
A Fond Farewell from That Guy
My good man and HARBUS editor Allen Narcisse has told me that my weekly articles have gained a fairly respectable following this term. I don’t know what to say-I am flattered and frankly embarrassed that so many of you enjoy perusing my inane, tactless and controversial musings (thanks for the thesaurus, Mr. Guerrero). It has…
News
May 5, 2003
That Guy Presents CHEAT SHEETS for Your Exams
First of all, congrats to Section J for the Olympics victory (as well as the chili victory and the continuous barrage of boat race victories-did you guys really beat the rugby team?). By the way, I swear to God if I hear that damn “oh-JAY” song one more time, I will come to your section…
News
April 14, 2003
Darkside Dominates in Indoor Soccer
The Darkside soccer team (OD) is striking back with a vengeance, going undefeated in group play and preparing for a run at the indoor soccer title. Surprising the pundits with a lack of HBS Soccer Club members, the team features a “Shock and Awe” approach of a swift and powerful offense and a tenacious but…
News
April 14, 2003
EC Course Recommendations for the Class of 2004
Well, I’ve polled all of my second year friends (OK, both of them) and gotten the scoop on what courses to take in the EC term. In addition to the standard must-take courses, they identified a few new courses HBS is offering this year that might be of interest to the class of 2004. Here…
News
November 18, 2002
They Said What
As the weather gets colder, job interview decisions come back, and final exams approach, we must all remember that laughter is the best medicine, and keep our ears open for entertaining comments around campus that we can share with others. Anyone who has something they would like to submit, please email quotes@mba2003.hbs.edu. Professor Frances Frei…
News
September 30, 2002
OK Men Unable to Perform
ALLSTON (OD Press)- A brisk autumn day…star players hampered by injury yet rising to the occasion…no goals and only faint lines painted on the field…this match had all the makings of an instant classic, except for the fact that apparently only one team knew how to play soccer. That team was none other than the…
News
September 23, 2002
The Great Pantsuit vs. Skirtsuit Debate:
Copyrighted by Quintessential Careers. Original article can be found at www.quintcareers.com. Reprinted with permission. Whenever I want to watch my students’ jaws drop down to their desks, all I have to do is tell them that the “safest” attire for women to wear on a job interview is a skirted suit and that pantsuits –…
News
April 16, 2002
Good Old Section K
Dear Deans Clark and Kester, I agree with Louis P. DiLorenzo, Jr., the president of the penultimate Section K. In an open letter published in last week’s Harbus, he congratulated you on your decision to excise one section from Harvard Business School’s MBA class. Yes, DiLorenzo offered you praise, praise that in my opinion you…
News
April 8, 2002
Take Section I!
Dear Deans W. Carl Kester and Kim Clark,I wanted to take this opportunity to salute you for giving the student body a living example of strong leadership in tough times. My understanding is that you and the faculty have agreed to cut back the number of sections in the MBA class-a tough call, but the…