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Dorm: Grays Hometown: Palos Verdes, CA Three words that describe you: Half-Asian sensation Hottest trait: I’m really not one to say, but I do love my booty Claim to Harvard fame: Don’t think I’m famous... Best part about becoming a sophomore: One more year here. I love Harvard. Fastest way to your heart: Chivalry is definitely not dead. Open the door for me and walk on the street-side of the sidewalk and, baby, I’m yours What you miss most from...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fifteen Hottest Freshman 2009: Crystal Y. Coser | 5/7/2009 | See Source »

...should erase the shabby standards of financial oversight that have weakened us all in the age of Bernie Madoff. Corporate bailouts need to end - but Republicans must be determined to never again adopt a laissez-faire approach to Wall Street. After Black Monday, the Asian crisis, Long-Term Capital Management's meltdown, the Internet bust, the Enron scandal, WorldCom's collapse and the subprime crisis, there is nothing conservative about turning a blind eye to reckless speculation and greed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Republicans Can Come Back | 5/7/2009 | See Source »

...Once upon a time, the island of Sri Lanka was predicted to become the fifth Asian Tiger. That dream of prosperity can still be realized. But the state must adopt a more mature perspective on the possibilities of peace and prosperity. Nothing good will come through an asymmetric imposition of power based on ethnic lines. As Martin Luther King once said, “In the final analysis, the end is pre-existent in the means.” If sustainable peace is to be an end for Sri Lanka, the government must embody a new set of values...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: The Means of the End | 5/5/2009 | See Source »

Bargain Time The battle for the shrinking pool of tourists, naturally, is good news for anyone still vacationing. To shore up the Southeast Asian market, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam have cut visa fees and worked with airlines, hotels and tourist sites to slash prices. Caribbean operators say deep price cuts have been essential to keep the region in people's minds during the turmoil. Some Caribbean resorts have cut prices in half, while Elite Island Resorts - the second-largest independent hospitality group in the region - will even accept guests' depressed stocks as payment; the firm values stocks at their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vacation Blues as Tourists Stay at Home | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

Once prohibitively expensive, places such as South Korea and Iceland have been transformed into bargain getaways. The weakening of South Korea's won helped the country attract 7% more tourists last year - a faster rise than any other Asian destination - and so far this year 50% more Japanese tourists have arrived. In Iceland, where the krona has fallen by 40% against the euro and 65% against the dollar since its three major banks collapsed last October, the nation is betting on increased arrivals: this summer IcelandAir will open up new routes to nine cities in Europe and North America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vacation Blues as Tourists Stay at Home | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

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