The BHP was dead the day before Thanksgiving; only Jews and Chinese conversed nostalgically about holiday activities. Thanksgiving belongs to Americans and their families feasting and watching football together, with the rule of thumb being that every day until Christmas will involve eating and drinking. (0) comments
We've all had those weeks during the core where we've shook our fist and glared at the MBA administration, asking "Why are they doing this to us?" The best example of this was Midterm Hell Week, when in addition to our three midterms, we had to turn in rough drafts of cover letters and resumes, and, for those poor souls in Finance, a problem set. (0) comments
While many are reacting to the imminent passing of the oceans with terror and grief, we wanted to celebrate the lives of these bodies of water by reminiscing about the good times. Thus, we bring you the unofficial Ocean Obituaries. ATLANTIC OCEAN The Atlantic Ocean died a slow and tragic death this December. (0) comments
You have all received the email - the Dean Selection Committee is soliciting suggestions for the new fearless leader of MIT Sloan. Fifteen has put together an all-star slate with a candidate for everyone. Carly Fiorina SF '89 The engineer of the HP-Compaq merger has demonstrated both her ability to succeed and fail. (0) comments
Rendezvous 502 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 617-576-1900 www.rendezvouscentralsquare.com Hours: DINNER Sunday - Thursday: 5 - 10 p.m. Friday - Saturday: 5 - 11 p.m. Rendezvous is a relatively new restaurant from local celebrity chef, Steve Johnson, who has an incredibly loyal Cambridge following. (0) comments
The original Bukowski's Tavern, at Dalton and Boylston Street in the Back Bay, has always been an enigma to me. The bar, named after an angry drunken ex-postal carrier turned writer, is located steps from the chi-chi excess that is Newbury Street. It is designed to celebrate hipsters and writers, and instead is populated by tourists and khaki-wearing suburbanites. (0) comments
Traveling, as any good consultant will tell you, can be a major hassle. As a former consultant I should have been better prepared for the headaches involved in traveling, but during my recent recruiting adventures, I found that I had forgotten the little things that make traveling a bit easier. (1) comment
First semester is coming to a close, and most second years have their jobs lined up. Or do they? Certainly, many second years do have job offers and a good many have decided on their first stop after MIT Sloan. Some signed their first offer with their dream job, and others have collected a stack of offers from which they will make a decision. (0) comments
12:00 am Get home from the C-function. Make phone call to interview partner to discuss logistics. Chat about the C-function and agree that we are true rock stars - we do C-functions Thursday and Banking on Friday. Shame on the all the losers who left for NY the night before. (0) comments
Lights flashing, bass pumping, crowds roaring - that is a typical day in the boardroom in the House that Diddy built. This year, the Entertainment, Media & Sports club added Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment (BBWE) to the list of companies that it visited. CFO Derek Ferguson gave a presentation providing an overview of the empire that has been formed around Sean "Diddy" Combs. (0) comments
Starting with this issue, Fifteen will carry an interview of an MIT Sloan alumnus. We hope this new feature will help our readers learn from experiences of Sloanies who are now out there in the professional world. For our debut interview, we chose Lilly Zhu '06, who is now an Investment Banking Associate at Morgan Stanley in New York. (0) comments
Did you ever wonder why the calculator watch went out of style? Maybe you were sitting in finance thinking, "gee, if I only had a calculator watch I could answer that NPV question." Although the calculator watch has gone the way of the Dodo bird, Microsoft has come to the rescue of geeks everywhere with their SPOT watch technology. (3) comments