Harvard has frequently been in the press as of late. Last week Tyra Banks, former supermodel, received a certificate  for completing the  Owner/President Management Program at Harvard Business School. While this is not a master’s or doctorate degree she will still receive alumni status. One school official commented saying, “Why wouldn’t she receive alumni status? It is a rigorous three week program, in which she had to take time away from her interesting and  insightful talk show and whatever else it is that she does.”  Other than high school and this program, Banks has no other formal education. She will now join the ranks of other Harvard alums such as Barack Obama, George W. Bush, John F. Kennedy, numerous other government officials, and NBA BO$$ Jeremy Lin. Lin, who actually graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Economics, has taken the NBA by storm. He helped lead the Knicks to a seven game winning streak. Lin has been doing so well that Ben & Jerry’s had a limited edition ice cream flavor, Taste the Lin-sanity.  Interesting enough, the day Banks got her certificate, the Knicks lost. While it is still unclear why she deserves calling Harvard her Alma mater, it does not seem as though Harvard’s  prestige  as one of the best schools in the nation was sliding (until now), thank God for Jeremy Lin.