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Wharthogs cap undefeated season with title
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With a perfect fall season on the line and revenge on their minds, the Wharton Rugby Football Club traveled to Phoenix, Arizona last weekend to compete in the 5th annual Thunderbird Rugby Invitational Tournament. The perfect fall season had been achieved over the previous months with big wins over local rugby clubs and in the inaugural Wharthog Invitational Tournament.
Business conference to showcase West Asia
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The Wharton West Asia Conference is schedule to be held on Saturday, December 1st. The theme of the inaugural conference is "Arabian Sea to Mediterranean Shores: Transitioning Business in the 21st Century". The newest addition to Wharton Global Business Forum, the West Asia Conference was founded earlier this year to highlight business opportunities and challenges facing nations in the Middle East, Persian Gulf and Pakistan.
Wharton women strive for a balanced life
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Weekends? What are those? Fourteen hour work days? Of course, they're expected at my job. Having children? Hmmm, maybe when I've stabilized my career? If these answers seem all too familiar to you, then you are well aware of the balancing act and the issues that many women (and even men) are facing.
Veterans' Day talk highlights role of military history
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On November 12, 2001, Professor Arthur Waldron delivered a Veterans' Day lecture on the importance of military history. Waldron, the Lauder Professor of International Relations, explored the intellectual reasons for the paucity of academic study of military history, traced his personal involvement in military history, and highlighted the implications of this lack of academic study.
Orient Express theme highlights Winter Ball
All Abroad the Orient Express! This is the theme for this year's Wharton Winter Ball Formal happening on Saturday, December 1, 2001. Wharton International Volunteer Project (WIVP) has put on the Wharton Winter Ball for the last three years, and it has become the biggest fundraising event for WIVP.
WIVP: Bringing business education to a Tibetan colony
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August, 2001 After detailed and long planning for our project, followed by countless hours spent on planes, trains, and government busses, we were thrilled to finally arrive in Mungdog, a Tibetan colony in Southwest India, to teach kids about business and entrepreneurship.
WGA Executive Council: "The one-legged wonder returns"
WGA Executive Council: "The one-legged wonder returns" November 14, 2001 Meeting Minutes Khadir Richie Presiding In order to provide a little more transparency, as well as give me something to do every other week, I'll be publishing a summary of the WGA Executive Council Meeting in the Journal.
Student aids microfinance community in Chiapas
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This past summer I went with Wharton International Volunteer Project (WIVP) to Chiapas, Mexico to work with a local microfinance organization. I was located in San Cristobal de las Casas, a colonial town of about 100,000 people in the cloudforests of Chiapas.
SPIF recipients discuss their internship experiences
Every year, the Summer Public Interest Fund (better known as SPIF) enables Wharton students to pursue summer internships in public interest areas by supplementing their summer salaries. The SPIF fund is sponsored by other students, who voluntarily pledge 1% of their gross summer salary to help their classmates achieve their summer goals.