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...stereotypes, but seriously, theatre kids are asking for it. Donned in an obnoxiously bright red polo, I looked like an over-dyed Easter egg in the field of black pants, black shirts, and black makeup. But I resolved not to become discouraged—my preppy threads would merely aid me in standing out amongst this talented bunch... right? As luck would have it, the Common Casting session I chose to attend was the musicals’ casting. I clearly didn’t get that memo either—everyone was poring over sheet music as I looked around...

Author: By D. PATRICK Knoth, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Common Casting, Uncommon Man | 9/24/2008 | See Source »

Tucked between a Rite-Aid drug store and an overgrown field, the converted bank building in New Orient Heights seems unremarkable to me. But the East Boston building is actually home to the Excel Academy, a charter school headed by Teach for America alumni that has played a significant role in improving middle school education since it was founded...

Author: By Gracye Y. Cheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Paying it Forward | 9/24/2008 | See Source »

...Reasoning Test may one day be optional for Harvard applicants, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons...

Author: By Lingbo Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SAT May Someday Be Optional, Dean Says | 9/23/2008 | See Source »

...course, provides rations for food. Food rations last about 10 days and then the Cubans are left to resolve their problems, and what that has created is an amazing culture of corruption.” Despite the tense relations between the two countries, the U.S. government has offered aid to Cuba four times in the wake of two recent hurricanes that struck the island, Gutierrez said. Cuba’s government has refused each time. “I find that the extreme of politics. I don’t think that the people who are starving confuse dignity with...

Author: By Carola A. Cintron-arroyo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez Addresses Cuban Relations | 9/23/2008 | See Source »

...tune of hundreds of billions of dollars. In the massive bazaar of legislative trading that is the U.S. Congress, America's elected Representatives are out to get what they can for their most important constituents - be it an equity stake in the companies that the government helps, more aid for struggling homeowners or new limits for executive compensation on Wall Street, all add-ons that many Democrats are pushing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress and the Bailout Plan: Business As Usual | 9/23/2008 | See Source »

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