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...hatchet over Lebanon. Even Hariri's coalition is breaking apart. Walid Jumblatt, the leader of Lebanon's Druze community and one of the architects of the anti-Syrian movement (he once told a Washington audience that America should send car bombs to Damascus), has seen which way the wind is blowing and transformed himself into an ardent Syria-phile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beneath Lebanon's New Political Deal, a Fear of Violence | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

Alley, the Penn. State professor focused on the sensitivity of the Arctic to climate change, saying that glacial melting as a result of even a minute increase in temperature “affects the ocean currents, it affects the wind currents, it affects a lot of things...

Author: By Andrew Z. Lorey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Symposium Examines Climate Change | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

...great being at Harvard to take part in a unique style of racing for the women’s team,” sophomore Alex Jumper said. “We had to deal with the typical Charles conditions, which were very shifty winds and big wind velocity changes...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women Grab First Place on Charles River | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

...bulwark in the opposition to gay marriage. In 2004, voters in the state overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment forbidding gay marriage, despite the fact that it was already illegal. In part because of that vote and subsequent ones like it, Kurtz and his fellow bishops will find considerable wind in their sails when they gather next week to discuss the new pastoral letter and hear Kurtz on the bishops' efforts to defend traditional marriage through education and through active engagement in the political process. "We will be giving an update on efforts we have been making to have our teachings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Maine, the Battle Lines Over Gay Marriage Harden | 11/10/2009 | See Source »

Harvard has taken a comprehensive approach to wind power by purchasing not only the power from the soon-to-be-built farm (which comes at market and often cheaper than market prices), but also the renewable energy credits for that energy. RECs can be sold separately from the power itself to companies looking for environmental investments. Harvard has wisely acquired the RECs that are coming with their newly bought power, allowing them to profit from the wind farm in which they will be investing. Harvard has also wielded its economic power and sheer size to effect change in the green...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Winds of Change | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

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