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...advocacy tool in a push for a new College calendar, widespread student participation in the vote is crucial.Sundquist puts the issue to Tracy E. Nowski ’07, the former manager of the Petersen-Sundquist presidential campaign. The first names and nicknames of key College administrators are already thick in the air, with Sundquist taking notes in his meeting book—in reality, a small accounting book with the word “cash” on the front that the vice president fondly calls his “baby.” The chair of the Student...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UC V.P. More Than Just A Campus V.I.P. | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

...wild. The fate of 4-year-old Xiang Xiang, a former Wolong resident, has added to the controversy. Having had his every need anticipated by a loyal band of caregivers, the baffled bear received the shock of his young life last spring. He was dropped into the middle of thick bamboo forest, making him the first giant panda bred in captivity to be released by Chinese scientists into the wild. Although he had received some survival training, Xiang Xiang soon found he had been left in a very rough neighborhood. In late December forest wardens noticed from his radio-collar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Wolong | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

...distant figures in The Lord of the Rings, spend more time outside their secret spa-resorts mixing it up with mere mortals. When, in the midst of a huge battle, a balrog rears up and whips down a warrior like it's no big thing, right there in the thick of the press, you realize the rules of the First Age are a little different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lost Tolkien Novel | 4/17/2007 | See Source »

...theother Ronald Reagan--the one whose thick hair and dead-on delivery of lines like "Well, there you go again" entertained fans in film (Hot Shots! Part Deux!) and politics for 25 years. Jay Koch, a Reagan supporter and former police officer, embarked on his second career in 1980 after his wife submitted his photo, without his knowledge, to a National Enquirer look-alike contest. Koch won and went on to appear on TV, in ads and at many venues, including the Reagan library...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Apr. 23, 2007 | 4/12/2007 | See Source »

...high school seniors who opened up a thick envelope from Harvard last week begin to consider their various college options, the universities that they have wooed for months on end will now become the wooers. At many colleges, this period of courtship involves special attention to minority admits, with some schools resorting to separate prefrosh weekends for particular ethnic groups. While we certainly recognize the need for specific minority outreach measures, we remain wary of those prefrosh programs that tend to divide and segregate the student population. We are glad that at Harvard, which prides itself on its inviting...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Wooing Minorities | 4/11/2007 | See Source »

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