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...Padilla '11 said that the Wednesday night speech from Sen. Joseph Biden's (D-Del.) held the most weight. "I was listening with a small group of close friends," Padilla said, "and two phrases stood out for me: 'When you get knocked down, get up,' and 'God sends no cross you cannot bear.' It's been a rough year with my father's health, so hearing those stories about falling down, but having the courage to get back up, held the most meaning for me." Overall, Padilla thought that Democrats stayed on message by emphasizing party unity and including party...

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Give Convention Good Reviews | 9/3/2008 | See Source »

...unlikely command center. But a single piece of blue tarp laid behind loops of razor wire and stacks of tires serves as the makeshift headquarters of the anti-government alliance that has thrown Thai politics into anarchy. Sitting cross-legged on the sheeting, Sondhi Limthongkul, the co-leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), explains why thousands of protesters have occupied Bangkok's Government House, Thailand's seat of power, for more than a week to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. "It's taken for granted in the West that democracy is the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Do Thailand's Protesters Want? | 9/3/2008 | See Source »

Both Martin and Williams called for students to make donations to national organizations like Salvation Army and the American Red Cross, as well as local New Orleans organizations like the Lower Ninth Ward Homeowners Association and the Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development...

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Students Tell of Gustav Evacuations | 9/2/2008 | See Source »

...really wouldn't be where we are today without working with hES cells," said Melton, who is also the co-chair of the new Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard's first cross-school department. "They really provide a unique window into human development and human disease, and we really need those to progress our understanding...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Researchers Make Breakthrough in Cell Reprogramming | 8/31/2008 | See Source »

...time in captivity a feature of his stump speech. On tours through New Hampshire and Iowa, he told a cycle of stories: a tale about a prison mate who was caught and beaten for sewing an American flag, and one about a North Vietnamese prison guard who drew a cross in the dirt to demonstrate to McCain his Christian faith. He has also described in some detail the painful rope bonds that his captors would tie him in overnight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is McCain Overplaying the POW Card? | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

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