Um...this isn't an advertisement. No one is being asked to hand their money over to the featured speaker. It's just an invitation to an alumnae/i event. The Alumnae/i Office offers lots of programs throughout the year featuring notable alums and friends of the college discussing literature, art, science, and activism. Why not investment? It's certainly a topic people are interested in right now. I think you're reading too far into it and getting riled up over nothing.
this just seems like a tupperware party for prospective investors targeted at the disproportionately-wealthy alumni of a super-expensive school. this guy didn't go to sarah lawrence, he didn't do anything of note relating to what sarah lawrence does, and in all likelihood he's just going to use it as an opportunity to sell his company's investment services for rich people. i looked at his company's website and he hasn't written any Ph.D. papers on new quant strategies or emerging markets or the untenability of the current jobless recovery, it's just lame rehashed boilerplate about low-debt high-value stock investments meant to suck in rich heirs/heiresses with more money than they know what to do with. i hope he at least paid SLC some money for whatever legitimacy that their tacit endorsement confers upon him.
Just because a person hasn't graduated from SLC doesn't mean they have done nothing of note relating to the college. Try searching his name on the SLC website. His wife is an alumna, and they've both given time and money to the College.
Have you ever attended an SLC alumnae/i event? They aren't sales pitches. Alumnae/i authors who are asked to lead readings and discussions at similar events don't do it as a way to promote their books. They do it to increase the visibility of the college, and to give something back to the alumnae/i base. Personally, I think this looks really interesting. It's something different from what they usually offers.
"Alumnae/i authors who are asked to lead readings and discussions at similar events don't do it as a way to promote their books."
I think that's pretty naive, but at least there is some trace of academic/cultural merit in those events. I'm glad the Rudnicks donate money to the school, I guess, I would just like to see some more explanation of this man's credentials and the purpose of this gathering, because as it is it really just looks like he's using the alumni association to troll for money. Running an investment fund doesn't really qualify you for anything, it's just a testament to your ability to get rich people to give you money. As we've seen in the numerous unravelings of high-profile ponzi schemes in the past couple of years, that doesn't mean shit. I'm sure he has some great stories about being rich though!
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Have you ever attended an SLC alumnae/i event? They aren't sales pitches. Alumnae/i authors who are asked to lead readings and discussions at similar events don't do it as a way to promote their books. They do it to increase the visibility of the college, and to give something back to the alumnae/i base. Personally, I think this looks really interesting. It's something different from what they usually offers.
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I think that's pretty naive, but at least there is some trace of academic/cultural merit in those events. I'm glad the Rudnicks donate money to the school, I guess, I would just like to see some more explanation of this man's credentials and the purpose of this gathering, because as it is it really just looks like he's using the alumni association to troll for money. Running an investment fund doesn't really qualify you for anything, it's just a testament to your ability to get rich people to give you money. As we've seen in the numerous unravelings of high-profile ponzi schemes in the past couple of years, that doesn't mean shit. I'm sure he has some great stories about being rich though!
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