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...campaign posters demand, Undergraduate Council presidential candidates Tim R. Hwang ’08 and Alexander S. Wong ’08 do not actually want to “kill the UC.” Rather, they want to wound it severely.The offbeat presidential candidate and his armchair-theorist running mate say that if elected, they would eliminate the UC’s role as middleman between students and the administration and transfer decision-making power to undergraduates.Neither Hwang nor Wong have had any UC experience, but they embrace their outsider status. “Our solution...
...This wasn't just any old armchair observer talking on Thursday. It was Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former member of the President's foreign policy team. Haass worked for Ronald Reagan, for Bush's father and, as the policy planning boss at State under Colin Powell during Bush's first term. By virtue of his post at CFR, he is as close as you can come these days to the voice of the U.S. foreign policy establishment...
...finishes, left the design trade press in a lather of excitement. Showtime, Hay?n's subsequent furniture collection for another Spanish design brand, BD, also gives period features a sleek pop twist. There is a gleaming lacquered sideboard that can have up to six differently shaped legs, and a canopied armchair that resembles a 21st century hansom...
...design trade press in a lather of excitement. Showtime, Hayón's subsequent furniture collection for another Spanish design brand, BD, also gives period features a sleek pop twist. There is a gleaming lacquered sideboard that can have up to six differently shaped legs, and a canopied armchair that resembles a 21st century hansom cab. He mischievously describes his style as "mediterranean digital baroque," referencing his origins, his artisan plundering of the past and his love of computer games, but Hayón's bespoke approach appeals to consumers as much as it does to gallerists. "Exploration...
...want to be unfurling cumbersome travel maps on the Champs Elysées? Maybe it's time to ditch your oldfangled maps for a handy new schmap. This innovative, free travel software, downloadable from schmap.com, lets travelers[an error occurred while processing this directive] of both the armchair and globe-trotting variety build their own custom destination guides to any of more than 150 cities in the U.S., Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Co-founded by Britons Paul Hallett and Nick Fletcher in 2004, Schmap boasts a sophisticated mapping engine that combines comprehensive local listings with zoomable, interactive city...