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Malkin also contributed to the renovation of the MAC facilities in 1985, a gift that led Harvard to rename the athletic center after him. Before Malkin’s contribution to the renovation, women’s lockers and the ballet and martial arts facilities did not exist and the weight room was outdated...
...understand it has also now become a place to meet and chat with other undergraduates,” he says of the MAC, with perceptible satisfaction...
...track their home values almost daily. And thanks to home-equity loans and refinancings, the home is an easily tapped source of cash. In 2004, U.S. homeowners took an estimated $139 billion out of the walls and floorboards through refinancings, compared with $26 billion in 2000, according to Freddie Mac. They put about 35% of that money into home improvements, spent 16% on consumer purchases, and used 26% to pay off debt (including credit cards for other consumer purchases), according to the Federal Reserve Board...
...improvements. The MAC is too crowded and the QRAC is being converted into (admittedly much-needed) dance space. The USA is in the midst of an obesity crisis, and Harvard can’t spend some of that $22 billion in endowment on sufficient gym space? This issue will be salient so long as the admissions office keeps admitting—as surely it will—students who need to compete in everything, including hardbodyness...
...Madison Avenue and Hollywood. "This is a new creative space," says Tom Mazza, president of the Los Angeles start-up, which conceives and plots shows with ad clients in mind and pitches the resulting "advertainment" to the networks. Mazza's firm was behind the Rolaids plug in The Bernie Mac Show and brought Levi's, Crest and Mars to The Apprentice. His company also co-developed a reality show called The Treasure Hunters that NBC picked up last week-sure to be crammed with brands. "We look to marry brand messaging with individual episodes and series storytelling," he says...