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...self-revelation that he couldn't match. Ted Koppel may have set the media's political agenda, but Winfrey had a direct pipeline to the nation's psyche. She helped bring such topics as child abuse, homosexuality and marital dysfunction out of the closet and into the public forum. Her legacy can be seen in everything from presidential candidates who discuss their marital problems on TV to the fad for crash diets. And when Winfrey did a show about mad-cow disease earlier this year, beef prices plummeted...
...that they are the last to know when it comes to stocks. But their status at the bottom of the information food chain is changing, and quickly. "This is a revolution," says David Gardner, who with his brother Tom is responsible for starting the wildly popular online personal-investing forum called the Motley Fool. Located on America Online, the Fool (the name is inspired by a line in Shakespeare's As You Like It: "I met a fool i' the forest, a motley fool") has spearheaded a spectacular shift in the way investors' money is funneled into the stock market...
...Pasquale also managed to find time for extracurricular activities during his time at Harvard. He served as the president of the Catholic Student Association during his sophomore year. He was co-president of the Harvard College Forum and the director of Phillips Brooks House's Small Claims Advisory Service. He also served on the Undergraduate Council and wrote for the Perspective and The Crimson...
Ethnic studies supporters' most significant activities this year were an April Forum on Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies and a protest in the Yard one week later...
...forum drew a crowd of nearly 200 to Sackler Hall, making it the largest discussion on ethnic studies in Harvard's history. Speakers included Knowles, Dominguez, Dean of Undergraduate Education Lawrence Buell, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 and nine other professors...