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...rules. As you may have guessed, it’s not the same at other schools. According to the Haverford College housing website, students there can apply for three-person and two bedroom co-ed apartments, as well as single-sex suites on a floor with co-ed bathrooms. One-third of Haverford students living on-campus live in these kinds of apartments. At Wesleyan, along with the naked dorm (where students are allowed to let it all hang out, literally), there are—you guessed it—plenty of co-ed suites and bathrooms. Don?...

Author: By Beccah G. Watson, | Title: Finding Room for Co-ed Living | 10/3/2003 | See Source »

Before it takes effect, the rent control measure must get on the ballot, win the support of one-third of all Cambridge voters, and then pass the State House—a series of obstacles that observers said are likely insurmountable...

Author: By Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rent Control Question Divides Cambridge Residents | 9/24/2003 | See Source »

...reading. So when Kenia Olivero heard that President Bush had signed an education law that promises students the right to transfer from failing schools, she began to investigate what she could do for her son Kendrick, who was behind in his reading skills. She discovered that fewer than one-third of the students who requested transfers from low-scoring New York City schools actually got them last year. The good schools just didn't have extra space. This year Olivero sent her only son to live with his uncle in suburban Greenwich, Conn., and attend school there. "I wish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Struggle Of The Classes | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...based in Duluth, Minn., which began mass-producing its small planes only in 1999, is bucking industry trends to become the fastest-growing general-aviation manufacturer in the world. In 2001 Cirrus captured just 11% of the market for single-engine piston planes, but now it accounts for almost one-third. Impressive, but it comes in an industry that has been struggling to regain altitude. Sales of all small airplanes hit an all-time high of 18,000 in 1978 but dropped to 2,600 just five years later, hurt in particular by liability issues. Things got so bad that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aviation: Blue Sky For Cirrus | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...one of Murdoch's early Internet ventures, Delphi, which was a costly disaster. He then took over the entire new-media sector for News Corp., which lost hundreds of millions of dollars and never created a leading web-site in any category. Since then, however, James has scored higher marks for his performance as head of STAR TV, the Hong Kong-based pan-Asian broadcaster that turned profitable last year. Whoever takes over at BSkyB is going to face a difficult future. The company is hitting a subscriber ceiling. Its 6.8 million customers represent almost one-third of all households...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bouncing Ball? | 9/21/2003 | See Source »

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