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...dormitory that remains in question has recently been approved by the Allston Brighton BC Community Task Force, but still faces strong opposition from Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, as well as some local residents...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan and Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: City of Boston Approves BC Expansion Plans | 2/3/2009 | See Source »

...natural choice for first-team All-America honors again this year. BU’s defense has allowed just 47 goals in 25 games. Finding the back of the net will also require getting the puck past the Terriers’ freshman netminder, Kieran Millan—no easy task against a goalie who boasts a 1.47 goals-against-average and a 15-1-1 record in his first season. Also, thanks to leading scorers Chris Higgens, Jason Lawrence, and Brandon Yip—each of whom have recorded 11 goals so far this season—BU has managed...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Set To Compete in Historic Tournament | 2/1/2009 | See Source »

...This will be a welfare administration," Sigurðardóttir announced at a press conference on Wednesday during a meeting between the parties of the new coalition government to decide their new platform. Sigurðardóttir also announced that the government's first task is to replace the central bank's directors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iceland Picks the World's First Openly Gay PM | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

...With food prices up 73% and some forecasting unemployment exceeding 10% this year, all eyes are on Sigurðardóttir as she tackles the herculean task of salvaging the island's economy. "The job she is about to take on is both the most difficult and most critical that any Icelander of our generation has taken on," former university rector Runólfur Ágústsson said. "The future of this society depends on how she handles this position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iceland Picks the World's First Openly Gay PM | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

...constant, persistent attention to the world's problem areas rather than slapdash summitry. The occasion for Obama's visit was the announcement of two special envoys, Richard Holbrooke and George Mitchell, both of whom represent a silent reproach to the Bush Administration. Holbrooke will have the near impossible task of untangling the mess in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a problem exacerbated by recent American inattention to detail in the area. (The deterioration toward chaos in Pakistan, especially, surprised some of the President's closest aides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Fresh Start: Substance Over Showbiz | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

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