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...Furthermore, the College announced in March that it would not admit any transfer students for the next two years. The decision was entirely a result of the “unprecedented” housing crunch, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons...
...fewer students than they do, and are in dire need of being reorganized to eliminate walk-throughs, crowded doubles, and cramped common rooms. In conjunction with the College’s decision to re-open Mass. Hall to freshmen, restructuring the Houses will hopefully help to alleviate the housing crunch that precipitated the University’s profoundly unpopular decision to abruptly end transfer admissions for the next two years...
...banks vulnerable to the whims of investors. By early 2008, the combination of a risk-averse global financial climate and possible speculative attacks on the krona meant that Iceland could no longer run itself like a hedge fund. Says Paul Rawkins, an analyst at Fitch Ratings: "The global credit crunch undermined their business model...
...standstill. He now predicts year-on-year revenues will end 30% lower. But Steindórsson doesn't blame the government or Iceland's banks. "The crisis didn't start in Iceland - it started in the U.S.," he says. As he sees it, the international dimension of the credit crunch means that Iceland's hands are essentially tied. "We can't move the prices on Wall Street, and we can't buy all the empty houses in the States," Steindórsson says. "Those are problems that someone else has to solve, and we just have to wait." On this...
...signature dish. He scoops the pasta into paper cups and begins handing out samples to the more adventuresome onlookers. That includes me--I have a deep fear of insects, but I have a deeper fear of my editors. The crickets are pretty good; they give the pasta a tangy crunch, though a few of those legs stick in my throat on the way down. Jon Fuller, 16, agrees. "It's really not that bad," he says and takes a second helping. "The goal is to get from 'Not bad' to 'Actually good,'" says Gordon. "Bug app?...