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Just how far and how fast will the economy drop this quarter? There's lately been a race to the bottom among forecasters, with the economists at Goldman Sachs leading the way. Early in the week, they put out a report saying that -3.5% annualized GDP growth was their baseline forecast for the quarter, but they also went so far as to outline a "just awful" scenario of -6.0% and a "worst case" of -7.8%. Today they updated their baseline forecast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Ahead: A Bad Recession or Something Worse? | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...support already, McKibben said, including several farmers in Cameroon who have planted 350 trees on the edge of their village.Though he calls the proposal’s acceptance a “long shot”—because of commercial interests and the “wickedly fast spread” of mass consumerism—he touted the internet as a powerful ally.“The fact that we live in a connected world is the only wild card we have,” he said. “It’s not impossible...

Author: By Natasha S. Whitney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Activist Pushes Caps on Carbon | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...real Beyoncé” hiding beneath the raunchy club beats and one-line choruses. Luckily for Knowles, she has an alter ego to pick up the slack. Sasha Fierce is the Beyoncé we’ve grown accustomed to—the one with fast, hi-hat-loaded dance beats and lyrics that sacrifice sensibility for rhythmic flow. Touting producers like Jim Jonsin, Sean Garrett, and Wayne Wilkins, “Sasha Fierce” is a compilation of back-to-back hits, all of which are worthy of radio play. With lines like...

Author: By Evan Kendall, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beyoncé | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...large electric fence.Unable to comprehend the gravity of Shmuel’s situation, Bruno is simply content to have found a playmate. Though Bruno is confused by Shmuel’s constant hunger and the strange “pajamas” he wears, the boys forge a fast friendship. Bruno brings Shmuel food smuggled from his kitchen and the pair finds ways to play ball and checkers despite the electric fence between them. Bruno is confused by the anti-Semitic propaganda spouted by his tutor, Herr Liszt (Jim Norton), and his older sister Gretel (Amber Beattie), and doesn?...

Author: By April M. Van buren, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas' | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...extracurriculars” involve lying naked in a coffin, like our illustrious Skull and Bones, so they’re basically a waste of time. Your football team may have beaten us last year, but that’s only because the steroids didn’t work fast enough. Your newspaper [FINISH THIS PARAGRAPH BEFORE MIDNIGHT GUYS...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: We Suck | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

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