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With a redo option limited to a party-backed, privately run endeavor, the question of who pays and how do you verify comes center stage. "Obviously, finding $6 million [lying] around [is an obstacle]," says state representative Dan Gelber, a Democract from Miami Beach. "The other is getting enough consensus from people who generally look at this thing as to how it helps their favorite candidate. That, in some respects is harder than the money." "This is one of those situation where every solution has the potential for many unintended consequences," said Susan McManus, a political scientist from the University...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Race to Revote in Florida | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

...tough sell for a student who is being recruited by colleges outside the Ivies that will pay athletes to come. Coaches’ successes depend on their ability to attract these sorts of players. Appealing to talented players for whom, sports aside, Harvard would not otherwise be an option is one attractive path. There’s another, less talked-about problem too. Athletes who feel a weaker connection to Harvard outside of sports are more likely to stay dedicated to their sport. Therefore, relying exclusively on recruiting the academically qualified is potentially problematic, since many of these students abandon...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: Are Jocks Necessary? | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...forced to suffer for their entire lifetime in filthy, crowded conditions. As privileged, educated individuals we must make choices which reject industries based on the mass slaughter of billions of sentient beings every year. When safer, more compassionate choices exist for food, why would we choose any other option...

Author: By Pulin Modi | Title: Holding a Standard to the Meat Industry | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...astounded Gupta recommended that people at risk for breast cancer or alcoholism "should pass on the pint and order soda." Soda?! Since when is soda a healthful option? In a day and age when herb-infused and antioxidant-laden beverages abound, couldn't he have recommended something other than carbonated high-fructose corn syrup? Helena Chen, ALISO VIEJO, CALIF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: See How They Run | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

...table with a cousin whose name was Maria Grazie—forever “Maria Thank you” to us. Three hours later, I had entered a culinary coma from which I thought I’d never emerge. Not eating everything was not an option. Mangia...

Author: By Francesca T. Gilberti, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: All Roads Lead to Iacurso | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

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