Stories from the current online edition of Fifteen. en-us http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:20:13 GMT 20 http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/News/Honduras.International.Development.Trek-3381990.shtml Over spring break, a team of four students Mike LaRosa MBA ’08, Abigail Phelps MBA ’08, Rachel Soloway MBA ’08, Ellen Tompsett MBA ’09 and myself participated in an inaugural service trek to Honduras. The trek was sponsored by Net Impact, The Leadership Club and SEID. 3e8e7f1c-2d94-4d60-9dac-8af356419c32 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 5/13/08 BY PATRICIA BAMBER MBA '08 http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/News/ Campus News http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/News/Mit-Sloan.Wins.Wharton.Mba.Volleyball.Tournament-3381992.shtml The MIT Sloan volleyball team traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 12th for the Wharton Volleyball Tournament, with the ambitious purpose of defeating all the other evil business schools and putting Sloan on the top of the world. In a one-day tournament that included nine teams, representing many top MBA programs, the MIT Sloan team won the distinction of the best business school volleyball team. 172a12a8-922f-43d7-9f97-bb6513530863 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 5/13/08 BY ROBIN LAMB, FRANCESCO PULETTI AND LUCA SEVERO MBA '09 http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/News/ Campus News http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/News/Sloanies.Do.Ghana-3381993.shtml Akwaaba! This is the Twi word for “welcome”. Twi is one of the most spoken languages in Ghana. Every single one of our Ghanaian hosts welcomed us with Akwaaba during our study trip to Ghana. On the 30th of March 2008, 30 MIT Sloanies returned from a trip that produced memories that will easily last a lifetime. bc6508f4-156e-4c7e-b2d7-2fe7e888c8d5 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 5/13/08 BY CHUKA IKOKWU MBA '09 http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/News/ Campus News http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/StudentLife/In.Search.Of.The.Customer.At.South.By.Southwest.Music.Conference.And.Festival-3381995.shtml Austin’s South by Southwest music conference and festival is the ultimate music fan experience, with hundreds of bands performing over five days in every corner of the city, but it isn’t marketed to fans. For the festival, for the labels, and for the bands, the fans are simply not the focus. c8349725-95d7-4daf-99a5-c8f75a4360e6 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Student Life 5/13/08 BY DAN BERWICK MBA '09 http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/StudentLife/ Features/Campus Life http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/StudentLife/The-Quest.Of.The.Perfect.Tostones-3381997.shtml While some of our more athletic-minded classmates chose to spend their Patriot’s Day Weekend running 26.2 miles, Jorge Camargo MBA ’09 and Diego Chona MBA ’09 led a group of sixteen students to experience the beauty, nightlife and delicious cuisine of Bogotá and Cartagena, Colombia. 1aa0adae-44a1-4a7e-92d1-b3a7bea1b4e0 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Student Life 5/13/08 BY ANJU MATHEW MBA '09 AND PEGGAH KAMALI MBA '09 http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/StudentLife/ Features/Campus Life http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/StudentLife/Why-Work.When.You.Can.Get.Jobs.For.Other.People-3381998.shtml Not many people have the opportunity to spend two years and 150K to figure out what they want to do with their lives. While not in the orientation pack, many have come to realize the career process goes something like this. First, you convince yourself and a panel of admissions experts that you know what you want to do with your life. 283dc565-78de-4693-bc19-50c758b93b53 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Student Life 5/13/08 BY DAVID REICH MBA '08 http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/StudentLife/ Features/Campus Life http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/StudentLife/Ya.Hala.In.Saudi.Arabia-3381999.shtml “Is there a doctor on the plane?” I heard in my semi-conscious state of slumber. No sooner did we hear the announcement, Basmaa Ali (MBA ’08) was rushing to the front of the plane to save the day.  “Oh it was nothing,” she said modestly when we arrived in Bahrain. 5ff6de42-66ca-426b-9052-3e2c4de1c4b9 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Student Life 5/13/08 BY BASMAA ALI MBA '08, JORGE CAMARGO MBA '09, http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/StudentLife/ Features/Campus Life http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/Opinion/Editorial-3381989.shtml After spending an afternoon at the adMIT weekend a couple of weeks ago somebody asked me, “what do the adMITs look like”? “They look just like we did a year ago”, I replied. And they do. The soon to be class of 2010 walked around campus exuding the same mix of nervous excitement and enthusiasm that we did when we first set foot on the ground outside E51. d7e67de5-d481-47d5-97dd-ff9d7310310e Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 5/13/08 Sarah O'Brien MBA '09 http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/Opinion/Letter.From.The.Editor.Emeritus.My.Mit.Sloan.Community-3381991.shtml In the fall, the MIT Sloan Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Club received a threatening email in a response to an announcement sent to our Yahoo Group. When I learned of this email, I had one overpowering reaction: shock. I was shocked because my experience of MIT Sloan has been one of continual support and inclusion, and I could not believe that such extreme intolerance could come from within our student body. 32a9cc73-19b6-4ee4-84d1-b6970507f64d Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 5/13/08 BY ELLEN CORREIA MBA '08 http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/Humor/The-141.Portfolio-3381996.shtml It’s the last 15 of the school year and 141 Charles Street will be wrapping up the last party event in the coming 2 weeks. The portfolio will be undergoing a rebalancing as we bring in a new social management team to take the helm in the fall. Thus, the 141 Portfolio would like to dedicate this final 15 piece to those 141 2nd years that have delivered the highest social return in the 141 parties we have enjoyed during the past fall and Spring terms. 6c513544-7c6c-4f63-ac55-b4a662e8c577 Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Humor 5/13/08 BY TAARIQ LEWIS MBA '09 http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/Humor/ Other http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/AskAlfred/Ask-Alfred-3381988.shtml Alfred answers questions on careers, relationships and work life balance.     Our very own MIT Sloan prophet, Alfred P. Sloan shares wisdom and advice to help perpetually-confused MIT Sloan students. Do you have a problem? Ask Alfred for the answer at askalfredp@gmail. 4abca306-9e41-4bfc-b3a3-9e73c118ccdb Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Ask Alfred 5/13/08 http://www.mitsloanfifteen.com/news/2008/05/13/AskAlfred/ Other