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...democrats' favor, not least because there remain so many doubts about the ability of the Hong Kong authorities to tackle issues like the wealth gap, health care, education and pollution. Hung thinks the territory needs a government with the sort of mandate that can only be acquired through proper elections. "This setback," she says, "is only a hibernation." But it could be a long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Least Some of Us Do ... | 5/30/2005 | See Source »

...democrats' favor, not least because there remain so many doubts about the ability of the Hong Kong authorities to tackle issues like the wealth gap, health care, education and pollution. Hung thinks the territory needs a government with the sort of mandate that can only be acquired through proper elections. "This setback," she says, "is only a hibernation." But it could be a long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Least Some of Us Do ... | 5/30/2005 | See Source »

...latest reports from the committees are pretty gutless, and they certainly don’t reflect a consistent or even compellingly inconsistent vision for undergraduate education. The more drastic proposals include a requirement that every undergraduate have an “international experience” with or without the proper language and culture training one needs to make it worthwhile. Indeed, “international experience,” it seems, can mean interning in an air-conditioned glass-and-steel office building in London over one summer. Now that’s broadening...

Author: By Stephen W. Stromberg, | Title: And So It Goes | 5/25/2005 | See Source »

...Ranch on the campus of Bryn Mawr College ($1,445 a week) in Bryn Mawr, Pa. She asserts that even though the male and female campers have the option of the occasional pedicure or facial, they spend the majority of their time exercising, working with personal trainers, learning about proper nutrition and getting serene through meditation and yoga. Says Mimi Klein of Sarasota, Fla., whose daughter Allison, 15, is heading back this summer for the second time: "I felt pretty strongly that it was important for a teenage girl to have a strong sense of self and understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Purpose-Driven Summer Camp | 5/22/2005 | See Source »

...Albarn, 37, has since matured into something of a pop Brahmin, using his fortune to underwrite ambitiously weird projects. "I'm in a position to be charmed by audacity," says Albarn. "Brian's a good soul. You can't possibly dislike him. He's young, but he's a proper adventurer, and I wanted that spirit to drive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Rodent In the Gorilla House | 5/22/2005 | See Source »

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