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CONTEXT A recent report by CIBC World Markets showed that energy efficiency in the U.S. had jumped nearly 50% since 1975--but that total energy consumption had increased more than 40% over the same period. Energy savings encouraged consumers to buy bigger cars and drive more rather than conserve gasoline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Briefing | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

Long after he retired from active academic work, Diana would drive Stewart to the departmental student-faculty lunches that he had instituted during his time as classics chair...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former Lowell House Master Dies at 86 | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...fraternity,” said Alex R. Mersereau ’10, a brother of Sigma Chi. Berkey, a John Harvard scholar whose GPA as a junior placed her in the top 5 percent of her class, approaches her role with seriousness and the kind of ambition that would drive her to seek the title and responsibilities of International Sweetheart. “One of them is just being a part of the frat almost in that she comes to the events and helps with organization and helps us become better brothers,” said Robert Cecot...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Sweetest of Sigma Chi | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

Children in and around Boston can hope to receive more than just a lump of coal in their stockings this year thanks to the Phillips Brooks House (PBH) annual Holiday Gift Drive. The drive, which aims to collect over 1,000 gifts, began yesterday when PBH staff placed collection boxes across campus at prime spots including Memorial Church and the Freshman Dean’s Office. The two-week drive will end on Dec. 14, when the boxes will be collected and sorted, and eventually distributed to various non-profit organizations around Boston. “This drive plays...

Author: By Julia M. Spiro, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PBHA Drives For Over 1,000 Toys | 12/4/2007 | See Source »

...lost both legs at the hip, and is only just now learning to walk on prosthetics. She is progressing well, but worries that her new legs - shod in bright red Adidas - will not be able to handle the pathways in her mountain village, which is a three-hour drive from Kabul. Still, she says, any help at all is a boon. "Before this, I was crawling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Decade of De-mining | 12/4/2007 | See Source »

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