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...dropped in virtually every sector this year. The most dramatic decline was, not surprisingly, in finance, which hemorrhaged 71% of expected job openings. Less expected but equally troubling is the 37% decline in hiring for professional services, which include accounting and engineering. "Poor hiring estimates from this area speak to the depth of the recession in the college labor market for the class of 2009," the report says. (See TIME's special report on paying for colleges...
...favorite. When asked why the performance martial arts act was so popular, Annie Ye ’11, a Wushu performer, replied, “We have weapons and shiny stuff. That always gets the crowd riled up.” While some guests who didn’t speak Chinese might not have understood some of the jokes throughout the banquet, they nevertheless felt welcomed at the soiree. Monica S. Liu ’12, a CSA member, said that undergrads of all kinds are encouraged to join CSA and attend CSA events. “ Of course...
...When he began to speak there was an instant rapport there, with not just the students, but faculty and staff,” Adams said...
...Harvard used to provide that. During the 18th century, sophomores instructed freshmen on the proper social conduct. “No fresman [sic] shall talk saucily to his senior or speak to him with his hat on” was a frequent admonition. One of the French instructors, Peter Curtis, offered undergraduates dancing lessons—because every Harvard man had to know the minuet. Most of these ideas are quaint, but they speak to a sense of respect that is lacking on today’s campus. Nowadays, the College sets few standards for its men—just...
When I visited Bissau in April 2007, members of the judicial police would speak to me only in secret, for fear of being attacked by drug traffickers. The small force - which had not been paid for four months - operated out of a cluster of crumbling buildings with no telephones or electricity. Four cars - the entire fleet of the judicial police - sat idle on the premises. The police had no money...