October 31 Issue
by The Editors on October 31, 2007 in Print Edition
Battle of the Schools
by The Editors on October 31, 2007 in Features
For this installment of “Features,” the Citizen asked four joint degree students from the Kennedy School to compare their experiences at HKS to the methods, cultures and people they encountered in other graduate programs.
- James Ahlers on Harvard Law School
- Ben Reno-Weber on Harvard Business School
- Margaux McDonald on the Harvard Divinity School
- Patrick Thrasher on the Graduate School of Design
HKS vs. HBS: Strictly Bid’ness?
by Ben Reno-Weber on October 31, 2007 in Features
It was with some trepidation that I crossed the river this year as a joint-degree with HBS. HBS has a reputation that did not fill me with either confidence or excitement when walking over the bridge for my first day of orientation. What I found was that, like many stereotypes, the mythology of HBS was largely malarkey, with more than a few kernels of truth. Some myths and their realities:
The halls are paved in marble and the students are paved in Armani. Read more
HKS vs. GSD: The Unwanted Love Child
by Patrick Thrasher on October 31, 2007 in Features
The MPP/UP program is the unloved child of some past, regretted union between KSG and and the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). Everyone thought things would work out between the two of them, but somehow it never quite came together. Awkward silences ensued, and failed attempts to find common ground. Citing irreconcilable differences, the two have agreed to go their separate ways, with KSG taking its MPPs and the GSD its Masters in Urban Planning students (MUPs).
We few MPP/UPs trudge back and forth between them - the love children of a failed educational tryst - reminding administrators at both schools of their historical connection and scheduling nuisances they would rather forget. Read more
HKS vs. HLS: The Grass Is Always Greener
by James Ahlers on October 31, 2007 in Features
Being a joint-degree student inevitably requires me to answer the question, “What is it really like over there?” The question is tricky, because comparing the schools requires me to make generalizations about the students that some of you might not appreciate. My sound-bite response has always been something like, “HLS is more intellectually rigorous and KSG is more fun.”
I know that this answer is grossly subjective if not just plain silly. Yet when asked, I feel compelled to give an answer, perhaps because the HLS part of me wants to appear smart and the KSG part of me wants to be popular. Read more
HKS vs. HDS: Harvard’s Church & State
by Margaux McDonald on October 31, 2007 in Features
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Battle of the Dives
by Naseem Khuri, Culture/Photo Editor on October 31, 2007 in Culture
For this issue, our two esteemed judges set out in search of the finest local watering hole. Amidst soul music, dollar drafts and video games with shotguns, they recount their epic search for dive-bar glory and give you the lowdown on where to go to live the(ir) dream.
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Talking Poetry with Lloyd Schwartz
by Ben Lambert, Culture Editor on October 31, 2007 in Culture
Lloyd Schwartz is the author of three collections of poetry: These People; Goodnight, Gracie; and Cairo Traffic. His poems have appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly and The Best American Poetry. He is also the classical music critic for the Boston Phoenix, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1994.
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Darfur Divestment Faces Uphill Battle
by Nik Steinberg, Editor-in-Chief on October 31, 2007 in News
This week, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is expected to sign into law a bill that would divest the state’s $50 billion in pension funds from two dozen companies doing business in Sudan, in response to the ongoing genocide in Darfur. But as the Commonwealth joins a growing number of states, cities and universities adopting targeted divestment plans, students at Harvard have had little success in persuading the University to embrace a similar strategy.
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Point/Counterpoint: Husband Hunting…
by Teal Pennebaker on October 31, 2007 in Opinion
YOU could be the one!
Jim doesn’t give a girl much time. Thirty seconds into my arrival at the HBS-KSG real estate mixer, he attacks.
