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...selective for that reason.”Joshua Z. Biber, a former corps member and graduate of Brown University, who is now the TFA recruiter for the greater Boston area, felt similarly. “TFA is not to be anyone’s back-up plan,” he said. “It needs to be the thing that moves you through every day, that wakes you up in the morning...We’re looking for people dedicated to our mission.”Biber also said he thought that increased interest in Teach for America...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Banks’ Loss Is the Classroom’s Gain | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

...popular vote and a turnout of 64%, less than a third of the U.S. population actually voted for him. But this is still much more than most previous Presidents could claim, and with majorities in Congress and the Senate, there will be no excuse for not having the back-up for even the most daring new legislation. But a word of warning: Obama will not have the luxury of starting his "first 100 days" on Jan. 20, 2009. He will have to start making his presence felt during the transitional period. The electoral mantra "Yes we can" will quickly have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capturing the Moment | 11/27/2008 | See Source »

...harmonica, much to the crowd’s delight.For the last song, O’Neill took up her violin to round out “Julie’s Waltz,” named for Julie M. Wright ’11, who played piano and percussion back-up for the band.Though they did not yet know that they would walk away from the contest with the opportunity to record an album with Veritas, the trio knew they needed to figure out how to identify their band.“We went to bandnamegenerator.com...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Battle of the Bands | 11/10/2008 | See Source »

...weekly back-up tapes normally used at the center’s Jamaica Plain office. The tape was last seen on September 23rd, when it was collected from the Legal Services Center by the Law School’s information technology service. It was supposed to be taken to the HLS campus where it would be backed up, according to Robert L. J. London ’79, the Law School’s acting assistant dean for communications...

Author: By Gordon Y. Liao, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Law School Loses Backup Tape Containing Client Info | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

...memorial concert for their former group leader. The film opens with a hilarious montage of the group’s earlier years when they were known as “Marcus Hooks and the Real Deal.” When Hooks (John Legend) decides to go solo, the two back-up singers—Floyd Henderson (Mac) and Louis Hinds (Samuel L. Jackson)—pursue a career as “The Real Deal.” They ultimately fail due to poor record sales and the duo’s love for the same woman. Four decades...

Author: By Jessica O. Matthews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: "Soul Men" | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

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