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...said.Hinckley decided to put aside the prospect of a career in industry to spend two years teaching in the Bay Area.Her choice reflects a broader movement away from jobs in financial services to roles in public service, and Teach for America is reaping the benefits.The program, which plans to grow to 4,224 corps members in 2010 (from approximately 3,700), should have little trouble meeting its numbers.RISING INTERESTSince the market downturn began, Hinckley, who is an inactive Crimson design editor, said she has noticed growing enthusiasm for TFA on campus. “A lot of people have come...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Banks’ Loss Is the Classroom’s Gain | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

...Perhaps Generation A will have to grow up soon and face the awkward music. But why rush things? We’re still in college. We’ll have plenty of time to talk face to face when the economy crumbles, obliging us to sell our cell phones, dress in drab burlap ensembles, and stand in long lines waiting for soup. There’s a reason we consider sincere intellectual engagement awkward. The longer we can postpone that, the more time we can spend making lists of verboten terms like “moist...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: Generation Awkward | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

...program, Rivera stressed the MBTA’s commitment to customers. “Basically we just want to emphasize that customer feedback is very important in this, and we do listen to our customers. We’re experiencing an influx in ridership that continues to grow,” Rivera said. “We are working diligently to accommodate that ridership while at the same time keeping costs...

Author: By Ellen X. Yan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Red Line To Run Cars Without Seats | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

...clashes rarely grow as big as those that have wracked Greece for the past two days. They began when police shot dead a 15-year-old boy in Exarchia on the night of Saturday Dec. 6. That killing sparked riots that spread to at least a dozen towns and cities across the country and have so far left 67 people injured, including 37 police officers. Protesters have destroyed at least 17 banks and set fire to dozens of shops and cars. It is the worst political violence in Greece in 17 years. (See pictures of the riots in Greece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Greece Is Wracked By Riots | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

Rice, Condoleezza •piano is played for Queen of England by, prompting Wonkette to observe that "little schoolchildren all over the world now believe that you can grow up to be an accomplished concert pianist and an embarrassing failure at national defense, security, and diplomacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Slansky's Weekly Index of the News | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

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