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...about Stanford. (Though I doubt he'll be invited back for many more ceremonial coin tosses anytime soon.) There are probably only two athletes in recent history who approached Tiger's global, iconic status: Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan. But I think the social import of both Ali and Jordan was different from Tiger's, in part because of the sports they played. Boxing and basketball are populated with athletes from poor and working-class backgrounds. And over the past several decades, both sports have been dominated by African Americans. That's never been true of golf - it's still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Will Tiger Woods' Apology Affect His Image? A TIME Debate | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

...Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry home page. That's where the government agency lists all of the embryonic-stem-cell lines that scientists are allowed to study using taxpayer dollars. For months, the page has been depressingly static. "None are available at this time," it read. "Please check back later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Allows New Stem-Cell Lines for Research | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

When Thompson, who now heads the Boston-based architectural firm Thompson Design Group, was drawing up a proposal for another D/R exhibition that would not open for two years, she had an idea for the Brattle property. She would bring back the designs D/R introduced to Cambridge in the ’50s, ’60s, and early...

Author: By Shan Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Exhibit Celebrates Retro Designs | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

...camouflage cap with an “H” on the front and the defense’s motto “Do Work”—from the MTV reality show “Rob and Big”—on the back...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Hats Make Statement, Show Support | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

...soon the hats were opened up to everyone on the team—though the camo style changed and the message on the back was now a unified “Harvard Football...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Hats Make Statement, Show Support | 12/2/2009 | See Source »

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