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While negotiations are ongoing, further legislation may be put forward by the UC to ask the FCL to postpone entering agreements with other institutions to give the UC time to make a decision...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UC To Begin Capital Campaign | 5/5/2009 | See Source »

...vast majority of Americans hold some religious affiliation, but we're often too polite - or maybe too shy - to ask friends and neighbors about the nuts and bolts of their beliefs, let alone sneak into a service in a house of worship that we're not thinking of joining. Enter a new website that sets out to explain the differences among religions as well as illuminate the areas of common ground. Patheos.com, which is launching on Tuesday, is a mash-up of path and theos, the Greek word for "god." Its founders, husband and wife Leo and Cathie Brunnick, have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Do Religions Believe? A Website with Answers | 5/5/2009 | See Source »

...across the country, and I knew that. When he told me that the political action committee was going to have behind-the-scenes videos made of some of these efforts, it didn't seem like that bad an idea, and it certainly didn't occur to me to ask about who was making them. It didn't occur to me that at a fancy hotel in New York, where he sat with a potential donor to his antipoverty work, he would be targeted by a woman who would confirm that the man at the table was John Edwards and then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elizabeth Edwards: How I Survived John's Affair | 5/5/2009 | See Source »

...insurance policy. Basic travel insurance, which typically costs 4% to 8% of the cost of the trip, gets you your money back if you encounter illness (as well as travel mishaps like missed connections or airline strikes) before or during travel. But look closely at the fine print or ask the insurers directly whether you will be covered if you contract the H1N1 flu. "Some companies have a specific exclusion for pandemics," says Brad Finkle, past president of the U.S. Travel Insurance Association (USTIA). To do a side-by-side comparison on swine flu coverage, Finkle suggests checking out InsureMyTrip.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Has Swine Flu Infected Your Travel Plans? | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

...most likely scenario for the coming days - in addition to street protests led by Maoists and their sympathizers - is for the next largest party to form a government. "Nepal cannot afford another election," says Nayak, "The government has not even completed one year. The President may ask the Nepali Congress [the second biggest party] to form a government, or may ask Prachanda to revoke his decision." A coup is almost ruled out: Nepal's army has no history of seeking political power, furthermore it knows it has the support of the President and the other political parties. "All other parties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nepal's PM Resigns, in New Crisis for Maoists | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

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