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...discover the “funniest” students in America. The bracket-style tournament bases acceptance on the comedic value of clips submitted by college stand-up groups. “There are eight people from each school, and two schools go head-to-head at a local comedy club,” said Charles T. James ’09, a four-year member of HCSUCS. The more hilarious team is voted the winner and proceeds to the next round, attempting to out-funny other college quipsters. Last year, HCSUCS members representing Harvard went to the competition against...

Author: By Laura C Schaffer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Get Up, Stand Up: Harvard Comics Get Competitive | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...taken its toll on business.“We haven’t been immune,” Consorti said.The recession has not been equal in dampening business—expensive eateries have been hit harder and casual sit-down chains have seen sales slide dramatically, while more adaptable, locally-owned restaurants have been faring better.“I’ve been hearing mostly bad news from casual dining chains,” Consorti said. “Local restaurants with local followings are doing well. Even the high end restaurants...it’s kind...

Author: By Lingbo Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Restaurants Deal With Economic Trouble | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

Osmanthus blossoms coated in syrup and speared on a stick vie with international fast-food outlets that make gestures in the direction of local cuisine in the form of custard tarts with diced sweet potato. While the city may be best known for its rice noodles, it also does a mean line in soup, with various hole-in-the-wall cafés serving little else but broth containing double-boiled chicken and deer antler, pigeon with cicada shells and ginseng, and the like. Typical of the breed is Anyway - a pun on ai ni wei, meaning "love your tummy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going off Stream in Guilin | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...River or the distant stone towers of the former Imperial Citadel. Decked out in warm ocher, dark woods and raw Vietnamese silk, the rooms exude good taste, but the suites in particular benefit from wooden four-poster beds and themed décor that can depart, rather fancifully, from local tradition - one draws its inspiration from ancient Egypt, creating a setting worthy of a swashbuckling Tintin adventure. (See 10 things to do in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hué's Vivid Hotel | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...place called Muhammad Bar or Jesus Christ Bar would hardly meet with approval. The students demanded that the hotspot's name be changed, something the Jakarta Legislative Council has agreed must be a prerequisite for the Buddha Bar to reopen. At the same time, Indonesian Corruption Watch, a local NGO, has raised questions about whether the dining lounge, which is located in a Dutch colonial building that was restored with public funds, is contravening a cultural-conservation regulation that prohibits historic buildings from being used for private gain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia Cracks Down on Offensive Hot Spot | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

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