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But for the first time since 1999, the ballot will also list two self-nominated candidates, who had to petition for over 200 alumni signatures to be considered in the election. Such write-in candidates have historically faced an uphill battle in the voting process. The last self-nominated candidate...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: HAA Announces Overseer Candidates | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

Sociology professor Nicholas A. Christakis and his wife Erika L. Christakis ’86 will become Pforzheimer House’s new masters this fall, said Pfoho Resident Dean Lisa Boes Monday night. The announcement—first reported by The Crimson last night—came more than...

Author: By Bita M. Assad and Ahmed N. Mabruk, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Pfoho House Masters Picked | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

That's what Action Against Hunger is banking on. The organization, which has offices in five countries, hopes to garner 100,000 signatures when it presents its petition to Gore this spring. But even if Gore decides to stick to climate change, the NGO says it can still claim success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hunger Activists Want Al Gore to Make Another Movie | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

Yet no policy can change the fact that both property prices and home-ownership rates went off the charts. It is natural for them to come down. "We brought in a class of buyers that shouldn't be in homes at all because they don't have the income," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Fix the Housing Market | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

So direct, in fact, that until recently, Representatives weren't even allowed to use sites like Twitter. But last summer, Representative John Culberson, a Texas Republican who not only posts Tweets but video-blogs on Twitter, helped organize a petition to allow members broader access to social-networking sites. Culberson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress's New Love Affair with Twitter | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

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