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Light’s tenure was the shortest ever for a Business School dean, and in a Dec. 2009 email to the community announcing his departure, he acknowledged the brevity of his deanship, which may have made it difficult to carve out a unique agenda...

Author: By Tara W. Merrigan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Light’s Going Out | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...have one final paper left, and four other projects and presentations done. This is my shortest paper, just 15 pages...

Author: By Sarah J. Howland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dispatches from Lamont: Celina M. Benavides, GSE student | 5/6/2010 | See Source »

...protesters said they represented Hawaii's parents who have grown increasingly frustrated with the furloughs, which have given Hawaii the dubious distinction of having the U.S.'s shortest school year - 163 days. The furloughs are part of Lingle's solution to a projected budget deficit of nearly $1 billion. Liam Skilling says he and other protesters felt they needed to occupy the governor's office to make a stand because so many in the state were beginning to accept the furloughs as normal. "What we're fighting for now is so simply right," Skilling says. "We're fighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hawaii's Fight Over School Furloughs Heats Up | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

...this money to reach so many people, imagine what we could find out. Which do you favor, Leno or Letterman? Smooth or chunky? Faith or works? Liberty or equality? As it is, we had little to argue over in my house. This year's is one of the shortest forms in history, and it is aggressively uninteresting; our dry cleaners demand more information before they'll do home delivery. The trickiest part for us was to name what used to be known as the head of household, now designated "Person 1." My husband and younger daughter filled out the form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. Census: Why Our Numbers Matter | 4/5/2010 | See Source »

...vocals, both moving over the same notes in unison. The song is a reworking of a famous folk tune named for a pass in the Appalachian Tennessee, an origin which reveals another of the group’s diverse influences: bluegrass music. Though it’s the shortest song, “Cumberland Gap” stands out as one of the album’s shining moments...

Author: By Michael E. Danto, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Xiu Xiu | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

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