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...teams fielded a young roster of underclassmen. The Camels were led by lone senior, Nick Llewellyn, who carries the burden of the team’s offensive attack, while the Crimson squad is led by co-captains Tune and Jay Connolly, fronting a strong base of freshman and sophomore talent. “We are a young team and we were learning this season,” Connolly said. “Now I think we finally found a grove.” Although the win only put a dent in the team’s losing record, the match...

Author: By Evan Kendall, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Tops Camels in Season Finale | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

...came back.” Yet Williams’ penchant for composing meaningful and often melancholic music is in no way diminished. She sings tenderly on slower, more mellow songs like “Knowing” and “Plan to Marry,” demonstrating her talent to the fullest extent. The latter, a charming and stripped-down acoustic song, would be more appropriate in a coffeehouse in mid-winter than on this otherwise orchestrated country album. In the heartbreaking “If Wishes Were Horses,” she begs for forgiveness, crying her heart...

Author: By Olivia S. Pei, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lucinda Williams | 10/24/2008 | See Source »

Here are some other trends affecting MBA grads in the current climate for better or worse: •Opportunistic Recruiting MBA career advisers say smaller firms and boutique investment companies are taking advantage of Wall Street's weakness to try to snatch up the smartest young talent. • Geographic Retrenchment Some financial firms that do have slots to fill this fall will cut back on the number of schools they visit. Rather than covering all corners of the country, some firms are focusing on a smaller core group of schools. That may hurt schools further afield that ordinarily benefit from companies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why MBA Means 'More Bitterness Ahead' | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...favorite targets, however, were celebrities like Zsa Zsa Gabor and Britney Spears, who he felt lacked any innate sense of style or glamour. He said his criticism had nothing to do with talent and once remarked that Meryl Streep looked like a "gypsy abandoned by a caravan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Blackwell | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...measure the man solely by his golden, powerful and gut-wrenching voice would be a discredit to Levi Stubbs, who died Oct. 17 at 72. Although his voice is undeniably among the great ones of his time, Stubbs' heart and character far exceeded any simple measurement of vocal talent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Levi Stubbs | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

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