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...spent some of the early parts of his career being attacked by Congress. Legislators were not happy that he could not come up with details about the Administration's stimulus program and plans to buy bad assets from banks by recruiting shrewd investors from Wall St. and giving them access to taxpayer cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tim Geithner Thumbs His Nose at Congress | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

...Soon, e-mails became phone calls, official visits, thick envelopes. Witt chose to play in Cambridge, realizing that football could allow him access to a Harvard education. He would be the first person from his high school to attend Harvard: “Where I come from,” he says, “people didn’t even take Harvard seriously—not in an academic sense—but in the sense that it was never even mentioned that you could dream of going to Harvard.” Witt laughs before recalling...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano and Hyung W. Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Leaving the Locker Room | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

...reflect on how far we’ve come. It wasn’t so long ago that many of us wandered through the unfamiliar streets of Cambridge ourselves, imagining the endless possibilities of scintillating lectures, keg parties, late-night debates over Lolita in hipster coffee shops, and access to endless alcohol, or at least a really good fake ID. Of course, the reality turns out to be a little different, and it’s nice to be reminded of our former naivete. But perhaps these prefrosh are on to something. Whatever happened to that sense of hope...

Author: By Julia M. Spiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Love It: Prefrosh Weekend | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...past decade has launched us into a flourishing Information Age. Information is everywhere, from television to the Internet. At Harvard, it is common to see students walking alone, BlackBerries and iPhones in hand, seemingly oblivious to the world surrounding them. While easy access to information has clear positive effects, it has also removed us from the real world, making us excessively dependent on technology, unable to focus, and isolated from those around...

Author: By Aixin Wang | Title: Unplug and Disconnect | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...political wilderness, civil libertarians didn't have to wait long for President Barack Obama to make them feel at home again. Within just one full day in office, the new President issued a blistering array of orders reversing the policies of George W. Bush - on harsh interrogation techniques, on access to government information and on Guantánamo, which he announced he would close. "A giant step forward," hailed Anthony Romero, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Civil-Liberties Advocates Dismayed By Obama's Moves | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

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