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Harvard, which represented the Ivy League, took first place in the Per Capita Recycling competition, just edging out the University of Colorado and Ohio University...

Author: By Linda Zhang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard’s Game-Day Recycling Wins Award | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

Furthermore, the article took a turn for the worse when it implied that our lack of experience on the UC was one of the reasons that we are “taking the race less seriously.” It is precisely because we are outsiders that we believe seriously that we should be elected. Looking through our platform on our website or glancing at our posters, you might notice that our rhetoric is a bit satirical of the jargon and goals of UC candidates. We take this approach because we seriously want to bring change to what students increasingly...

Author: By Robert G.B. Long | Title: The Seriousness of Long-Johnson | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

Giancotti left Harvard less than a month after Leslie A. Kirwan ’79—appointed by Smith in September—took on the post of FAS dean for administration and finance, a position whose responsibilities overlap with those of Giancotti?...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faculty Finance Dean Departs | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

...American Century, TIME's co-founder once labeled it - the fall has been precipitous. Who among us is unscathed? Not many. Even if none of your family members died in combat, you had no money with Madoff and you own your house free and clear, you most likely still took a hit. To paraphrase the question Ronald Reagan posed years ago, Are you better off today than you were at the beginning of the decade? For most of us, the answer is a resounding no. Let us count the ways. For one thing, the stock market is down 26% since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade from Hell | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...Took over as Prime Minister in 2004 after India's Congress Party, led by Sonia Gandhi - the Italian-born widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi - took power in landslide elections. Singh is the first non-Hindu to hold the position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manmohan Singh, India's Prime Minister | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

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