November/December 2007

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Poking Facebook

Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg created one of the most trafficked sites on the Web and became a paper billionaire as a result. But ongoing lawsuits suggest that Facebook's origins are murkier than Zuckerberg would like to admit. Is the man many are calling Harvard’s next Bill Gates telling the truth?

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Harvard vs. Harvard

Drugs! Greed! Kinky sex!— how this match made in heaven turned into the breakup from hell.

Feature Stories

My Iraq - Joseph Linhart (middle) with two Iraqi soldiers.

My Iraq

Joe Linhart graduated from Harvard in June 2003. Four months later, he was in the Army, headed for Iraq.

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A Million Little Writers

Welcome to the world of celebrity academics–and the behind-the-scenes scribes who help make their fame and fortune possible.

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Recovering Clayton

George and Azita Fatheree seemed to have the perfect life: professional success, a loving marriage, a beautiful baby boy. Then a mysterious illness turned their son into a stranger.

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Rising Stars

If you don't yet know the six rising business stars in the following pages, you should. From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, they're helping to define Harvard's next generation of leadership.

Smarts

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Changing Channels

With Quarterlife, the groundbreaking creators of thirtysomething are launching their next buzzworthy TV show–without TV.

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Can Gas Go Green?

Welcome to the future of fuel.

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Future Fuel

Biotech whiz kid Dave Berry is trying to invent artificial petroleum.

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Uncovering The Klan

Two pop economists crunch the numbers on America's most infamous hate group.

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Risky Business

Do we prepare too much for some kinds of disaster and not enough for others?

Passions

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A Harvard Holiday

Sure, the best things in life are free. But if you don’t get peace, love, and understanding this holiday season, how about a pair of diamond earrings and two weeks on the Great Barrier Reef?

Passions Giving Guide

Whether you're interested in donating money or time, here are some Crimson-connected nonprofits you might want to consider.

Rising

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Sword's Play

Leslie Lewis Sword is taking the world by stage.

Square

How Not To Be Poor

Let's face it: It's better being rich!

A Rebel's Road Home

After five years in a Chinese prison, dissident Yang Jianli, back in the States, speaks of survival-and what China can learn from America

The Milk of Human Kindness

A breastfeeding mother takes on the National Board of Medical Examiners over its test-taking rules. Is society paying attention?

Fund Racer

A money man's hasty exit leaves Harvard in the lurch.

Vanitas

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Up For Debate

Denzel Washington takes on the Harvard debate team.

Campaign Cliques

What behind-the-scenes alums might set up shop in the White House in January ’09?

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Futurama's Big Score

The return of Futurama.

Open Enrollment

Harvard isn’t for everyone … or is it?

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Lawyers’ Poker

How poker can help with a few real-world scenarios.

Rewriting Harvard

Wiki revisionism

Ticker

Whose stock is rising-and whose isn't.

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A.D., The Voice

He could’ve been a lawyer. Instead, he’s turning legal theory into hip-hop history.

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Season's Readings

Books to keep you warm and buzzy this winter.

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West v. West

Cornel West and Kanye West both have new albums out. But that's not all the two Wests have in common...

Founder's Letter

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