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...should adopt a “letter of Ivy intent” with a common date. By placing the emphasis on the word Ivy, the inherent message would be clear and forceful: athletes who signed it would be intent on pursuing an excellent education while playing their sport for passion, not for a scholarship. By instituting an Ivy signing date, players would be free to visit several schools and collect offers before making a final decision. This would reduce the pressure on athletes to make a quid pro quo verbal commitment to a coach, alleviate the amount of lying from...

Author: By Chris Lincoln | Title: Ivy’s Dark Underside | 4/21/2006 | See Source »

...with him in New York City about a year ago, Hardy talked about the notion of sustainable luxury and the idea of constantly thinking about and creating environmentally friendly products and buildings. Initially, it seemed absurd to correlate luxury and sustainability, but there was something compelling about his passion for the concept. Here we take a closer look at the success of companies like natural grocer Whole Foods and ecotourism's rise at places like the Daintree Eco Lodge & Spa in Queensland, Australia. The success of eco-entrepreneurs like Graham Hill, creator of design blog treehugger.com is proof that green...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Natural Instinct | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

...college ultimately fulfills all of Viswanathan’s heaven-on-Earth dreams. Viswanathan’s Harvard is a place where no one has to pretend, where competition dies, passion lives, and “social life” is something richer than binge-drinking on tabletops...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: There’s a True ‘Opal’ in Here, Somewhere | 4/19/2006 | See Source »

...with the live coverage of the "Via Crucis," but would make one change: the actors who read the meditations along the stations would not be stars, and would not even have their faces shown on television. Benedict wanted nothing distracting the faithful from the story and meaning of the Passion. One Vatican official who knows Benedict well, and admired John Paul, said soon after his election that Benedict "wants to simplify the papacy. Too many acts have become a simple devotion of the person of the Pope." The new Pope?s challenge is to cut through the static interference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope's First Year: How He Simplified His Role | 4/18/2006 | See Source »

...clumsily-executed, often out-of-pitch multi-part backing vocals. It’s 90 consecutive minutes of primordial ska, and it’s tiresome. This isn’t for lack of talent. Marley’s tenor is both rich and youthfully light, perhaps more passionate and expressive than on his later work. “I’m Still Waiting” is one of his more charming vocal performances, mourning his unrequited love with quiet passion. “The Skatalites” support the group instrumentally with aplomb, even stepping into the fore...

Author: By Nicholas K. Tabor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bob Marley and the Wailers | 4/13/2006 | See Source »

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