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...been making headlines. No, not the rock band or the cold remedy but the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index, or VIX, which has been on a wild ride over the past year. The stock market crash set this indicator of volatility soaring to above 80 - for perspective, the VIX has historically averaged around...
...first set of numbers that let nagging doubt worked its way into optimistic minds was the sharp increase in foreclosure rates. In March there was a 46% increase in filings compared with the same month last year. That news was followed quickly by unexpectedly poor numbers from the Conference Board which said that its index of leading economic indicators fell .3% in March. The Board was probably reluctant to say what it had to, which is that the index is designed to forecast economic activity six to nine months ahead. That news crumpled the hopes of many that the fourth...
...nature of freshman advising is such that some students may end up with an adviser who is directly involved in the implementation of Gen Ed—Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris was on the board of freshman advisers last year—while others may be assigned first-year graduate students at one of Harvard’s other schools...
...Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from their “menfolk”—into a modern discussion of sex and gender roles. In this case, “translate” was a loose term; the disgruntled Grecian housewives drive minivans with baby-on-board stickers and complain about husbands who don’t listen to their advice. The Harvard Classical Club did more than add verbal allusions to the modern housewife’s strait; the liberties they took with the original text extended to sequined dresses and the incorporation of life-like dildos. Although...
...national leader in this,” said Kate Chang, a staff member to Massachusetts congressman Michael E. Capuano. “We can be the ones to bounce back first and stronger—we’re not in debt, our political leaders are on board and we have the brain power not only in the five-college area,” Chang said. Gore’s campaign outlines the reduction of carbon in the atmosphere from its current level of 387 parts per million to below 350 parts per million. Activists at the town hall event...