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...what you want about the glories of growing old--the gaining of wisdom, the drooling of grandbabies, the half-off tickets to matinees of The Bucket List. When it comes to the physical manifestations of advanced years, though, there ain't no euphemizing the indignities. Knees go. Teeth crumble. Ear hairs sprout. Or as Charla Krupp, author of the new best seller How Not to Look Old, puts it, "Aging sucks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Not to Look Old on the Job | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...WORKS: Lenders list the total amount they'd like to loan and the risk level they can stand. They can select individual borrowers who meet their criteria, or the site's Lending Match program will generate a portfolio. The mean 12.32% interest rate beats the current 3% average return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Buddy, Can You Spare $10,000? | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...spent years mocking a wide range of America institutions. Now, after returning to Harvard to talk about his work writing for “The Simpsons” and discuss how his time at Harvard has influenced his career, his alma mater can be added to that list. At last Thursday’s event, co-sponsored by Harvard Hillel and the Office for the Arts’ Learning from Performers initiative, Reiss entertained the audience for an hour with clips from his shows and a fittingly sharp tongue.Reiss revealed how difficult it can be for aspiring writers to break...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Finding Homer After Harvard | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

Cole Hall has long been on a list of buildings NIU officials had hoped to renovate or demolish in the coming decade. The building's two 500-seat lecture halls typically held just 160 or so students in introductory classes. It has no study rooms, no offices. On a growing campus of roughly 25,000 students, the building, officials argue, is obsolete. Given its design, says Melanie Magara, NIU's assistant vice president for public affairs, "You can't remodel it. It cannot be repurposed. It's just a shell. It didn't take too long to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Remember a Massacre | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...description of how Hillary Clinton has worked for change - as a law student, at the Children's Defense Fund, as First Lady of Arkansas, in the White House and the Senate. "She is the best candidate for President I've ever had a chance to support," Clinton says. A list follows: She supported Senegalese women victimized by genital multilation; she inspired Cambodian women to work for education for their daughters; she worked on health care programs for poor American kids; registered voters in dusty Texas towns; toiled for peace in Ireland... "All her life she has been an agent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas, Bill v. Barack | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

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