November 20, 2008

A Conversation with Dean Bruner
Darden dean encourages students to maintain their integrity during times of stress

The day we met with Dean Bruner for our interview was coincidentally the day before the case The Panic of 1907 (based on the book of the same name) was to be taught in the classroom for the first time. The case, written by Dean Bruner, Sean Carr and Peter Debaere, is based on the economic turbulence of 1907 and is es
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The Sky is Falling
The recent profile of Second Year J. Ari Perlman’s summer saga at Lehman Brothers in Business Week’s MBA ranking issue struck many in the community as odd and incomplete.

Did the sky really fall on everyone this summer? For its article, Business Week told the story of how summer intern Perlman’s banking dreams were felled by a teetering economy with Wall Street “on the brink of collapse.”
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Global Warning
United Kingdom – A new advertising campaign by the British Humanist Society will advertise, on the side of London buses, that “There’s probably no God.” The idea is to convert people to atheism. Stephen Green of pressure group Christian Voice said, apparently without irony, that “People don't like being preached at.” It thus appears that Jesus was wasting his time, according to modern
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Come Out and Support Brand Challenge This Friday!
On November 21st, the Darden School will host its annual Brand Challenge featuring some of the newest and innovative products from companies such as General Mills, Cover Girl, Johnson & Johnson, Heinz and Dell. This marquee Marketing Club event is filled with exciting testing opportunities for attendees, along with delectable treats and free-flowing suds that will surely keep crowds replenishe
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Help Darden Continue to Lend a Hand to Those in Need
What do the following have in common: The Villareal family from the South-side of Chicago, the pupils of Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School, Brooklyn, NYC and the fishing community of West Bali, Indonesia . Well, for one thing none of them are French!

But more pertinently, all of them have been helped, directly or otherwise by the generosity and kindness of the Darden community. How? Well - let
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Confessions of an Email Scam Victim

Disclaimer: This actually happened.

I was at North Grounds this Friday when this conversation unfolded. While on the topic of holiday travels, Darden gym rat Sameer Garg ’09 excitedly revealed his plans to study abroad next semester in Melbourne, Australia. Following is a transcript of the ensuing exchange located by the squat racks:

Andy Moon: “That’s fantastic news. Have you thought about wh
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