Word: brightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...insides of Boylston are, literally, as different as night and day. "It was really dark and cavernous-looking before," recalls Classic concentrator Joshua Mann '00. The dingy, poorly-lit hallways on the upper floors have been rearranged, and the rather grey ground floor has been redecorated. Bright colors and unfinished wood permeate every aspect of the new decor. Walls throughout the building sport colors ranging from light beige to olive green and burnt orange. Sunlight reaches nearly every room, and in addition to the lighting in classrooms and offices, lights along interior hallways even illuminate the ceiling. The study carrels...
...dysfunctional classrooms and cramped officespace are less than ideal for the faculty andstudents who work in Boylston Hall. Aesthetically,however, the new design is bright and exciting,making the building a cheerful place to spendtime. Putting aesthetics before functionality ishardly a sound policy, even though an attractiveenvironment can mediate occasional inconveniences.But the new Boylston Hall is a great place tovisit. Try to spend a little time in TicknorLounge if you get the chance, its a great place torelax between classes. As for the rare individualwho preferred Boylston's previous, gloomierincarnation, well, de gustibus non disputandumest ("There is no accounting...
...BRIGHT RED SCREAM By Marilee Strong Viking Books 288 pages...
...friends with kids like these in middle school. They carried razor blades around in their pockets, carved their ex-boyfriend's initials into their arms, stubbed out cigarettes on their hands, and wore angry red wounds on their knuckles, wrists, calves and thighs. In her new book, A Bright Red Scream; Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain, Marilee Strong tries to explain what is to most, inexplicable...
...good idea," said Katherine A.Shackelford '02, a resident of Wigglesworth Hall."The light we have in our common room now, on ourceiling, is really bright, so we usually keep itoff...