June 18, 2013

Interview With an Olympian: Samyr Laine

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*Samyr Laine is an exceptional individual. Let’s just go ahead and get that out of the way from the jump, figuratively speaking. Harvard class of 2006, University of Texas at Austin for grad school, and Georgetown University Law Center in 2010. What? This is an article about an athlete, is it not? OK, then we’ll [...]




Mark Zuckerberg’s Ex Roomie to Compete for Haiti in Olympics

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Mark Zuckerberg isn’t the only modern student genius that came out of Harvard. The Facebook maker/creator was actually roomies with Haitian Olympian Samyr Laine, who is scheduled to compete in the triple jump in London. Although he’s American born, Laine’s parents are originally from Haiti. In 2007, the athlete made his first pilgrimage to mom [...]