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...that apparently is not working,” says Lauren P.S. Epstein ’07, former Campus Life Committee (CLC) chair, who endorses the Haddock-Riley ticket.But others doubt the effectiveness of such a radical change.“I am very concerned with their plan to completely dump social programming from the UC’s purview,” says Financial Committee Chair Jane J. Fang ’08, who is supporting Voith-Gadgil. “If we were to dissolve the Campus Life Committee on the UC, we need appropriate leadership for this transition...

Author: By Andrew E. Lai and Rachel L. Pollack, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Haddock Pledges To Listen | 12/5/2005 | See Source »

...along China's most polluted rivers?where factories simply dump their waste and sewage directly into the waterways and their tributaries?towns and villages record startling rates of cancer, stunted growth, diminished IQs and miscarriages. The economic costs are staggering, too. According to the Yellow River Conservancy Commission, river pollution costs China's economy about $1.9 billion annually. None of this should be surprising. China's State Environmental Protection Administration has repeatedly published reports indicating that more than 75% of the water flowing through China's urban areas is considered unsuitable for drinking or fishing, and 30% of the river...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lessons of Harbin | 11/27/2005 | See Source »

...Orleans, the leafy coverage of live oaks is gone. Lingering in the sky instead is a fine grit that tastes metallic to the tongue. Everyone's life story is out on the curb, soaked and stinky--furniture and clothing, dishes and rotting drywall, even formerly fabulous antiques. Dump trucks come periodically to remove the piles, taking some to a former city park, now a heap of rubbish several football fields long, towering above the head. The smell is sweet, horrific...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Orleans Today: It's Worse Than You Think | 11/20/2005 | See Source »

...Shakespeare in Love,” “Velvet Goldmine,” etc.).Of course, Harvey didn’t like Todd Haynes’ final cut of the brilliant “Velvet Goldmine,” and thus decided to dump it into a few theatres and ignore it–a typical move of Harvey’s if things didn’t go his way.It’s important to remember while lauding Miramax’s reimagining of “independent” American cinema, the films that have come...

Author: By Clint J. Froehlich, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Froehlove: Move Fat Cats Devour Babies | 11/17/2005 | See Source »

Describe Favreau family holidays. Halloween is like Burning Man for tweens here. I live in Santa Monica. If you don't dump a few hundred dollars out in some bags, you're the exception. I grew up in a high-rise in Queens. You'd hit a few floors and call it a night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 14, 2005 | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

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