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...baby now named Tessa Leavitt was born in a motel bathtub on the night of June 18, 2005. Her mother cleaned her, breast-fed her and cut the umbilical cord herself. The next day, the young Hispanic woman swaddled the infant in a white towel and took her to Fire Station 15 in Whittier, Calif., where she rang the doorbell and told the firefighters, "I want to give up my baby." When the paramedics arrived 30 minutes later, she put the child on their gurney and left. "It was eerie," recalls firefighter Kevin Cull. "The ambulance went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When a Mother Chooses to Give Away a Newborn | 9/21/2006 | See Source »

...hands of a diverse group of Harvard students, whose interests cover a social and extracurricular spectrum ranging from the Din & Tonics a cappella group to the Harvard Yearbook. The newly-formed College Events Board (CEB) elected its five-member executive board in their first meeting last Thursday. Tessa C. Petrich ’07 and S. Adam Goldenberg ’08 will lead the twenty-member social programming group that will take over the responsibilities of the Campus Life Committee (CLC) for coordination of large-scale campus events like the Harvard State Fair and the Harvard-Yale football game...

Author: By Emily J. Nelson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Elected To Plan Events | 5/22/2006 | See Source »

...government's standing has also been buffeted by multiple scandals. His deputy, John Prescott, was exposed as having an affair with his appointments secretary. The husband of Tessa Jowell, the Culture Secretary, is alleged to have taken bribes from outgoing Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Home Secretary Charles Clarke was forced out when it was revealed that his department had ignored repeated warnings that dangerous foreign prisoners were being released when their sentences were up rather than being considered for deportation. And Scotland Yard is examining whether Labour Party figures may have effectively sold places in the House of Lords...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Gone Wrong for Tony Blair | 5/10/2006 | See Source »

...There may actually be more of a fallout in Great Britain, where Mills has just recently separated from his wife, British Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, and has lately appeared despondent as the pressure from the case has been building. It's a far cry from the always image-conscious Berlusconi, who would remind the lawyer that it?s not what they say about you, it?s how you good you look while they're saying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy's March Surprise | 3/10/2006 | See Source »

...campaigns should be spearheaded in the future. Sopen B. Shah ’08, social vice-chair of the CLC, said that the committee’s first priority should be making sure social events are successful, “then attach our name to it.” Tessa C. Petrich ’07, a guest at the meeting, said that publicity needed to focus more on the enthusiasm of those promoting the event. “You can’t have a couple of dance-team members handing out fliers,” she said, alluding...

Author: By Rebecca M. Anders, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CLC Starts Year With Open Meeting | 10/14/2005 | See Source »

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