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...decision to delay her enrollment conflicts with its mission to enrich her education. “As an institution, they’re the ones who are supposed to offer limitless opportunities,” she said, “but now they’re the only thing that’s limiting...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brain Break | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

First of all, let’s just get one thing straight: the “sport” of luge is not really a sport. Lying on top of someone else and letting gravity do its work doesn’t constitute a sport...

Author: By Ryan D. Smith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hate It: Ice Luge | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

Their mixture of seriousness and good humor seems to be contagious, as does their affection. Feliz-Taveras proudly beams, “The one thing we stress is having the Eleganza family.” Around the room, the models sit and talk and smile. As the rehearsal winds down the three execs stand together deep in serious conversation. Suddenly, they’re interrupted by Lil Wayne’s “I Get Crazy.” They break concentration and nod in time with the music, as if in enthusiastic agreement. It might be surprising that...

Author: By Alexander J.B. Wells, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Eleganza | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

...people’s behavior, clearly enough, is neither rational nor remotely predictable. Neither was the volcanic eruption. Having just attended the inaugural conference of George Soros’s Institute for New Economic Thinking, one thing is clear: The ash cloud over the continent is the perfect metaphor for the state of economics as a field. Both in economics amidst the global financial crisis as well as, it turns out, in volcano ash predictions, we are relying too much on models that have proven fallible...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Volcanic Ash Allowing | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

What is the powerful draw to a program like this? “A lot of people come with a lot of preconceptions,” said P’yongyang Project co-founder Matthew C. Reichel. “The one thing we like to tell people is to be inquisitive observers, feel free to ask questions, but be respectful. And understand that North Korea is a very unique place, and they have a very unique culture and a very unique political system...

Author: By Benjana Guraziu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Behind the Bamboo Curtain: Students Hop Over to Pyongyang | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

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