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...image is emblematic of work that appears in Franklin's new book, Footprint: Our Landscape in Flux, a remarkable exploration of the human impact on Europe's terrain. It's much more than just a catalog of environmental degradation. Franklin, 52, and a Magnum photographer for more than 30 years, found his early inspiration for the series on a 2003 trip through Andalucian farmland; it was there that he saw vast swaths of the countryside covered - and intriguingly altered - by plastic sheets designed to protect against the elements and infestation. Franklin then crisscrossed Europe (from Portugal to Russia, Norway...
...same thing” as the Core is insulting to the designers of Gen Ed and those students forced to study under it. The transition between the Core and Gen Ed needed to happen quickly, and it did not. Upperclassmen left behind now find themselves scouring the course catalog and petitioning the Core office to find feasible options to complete remaining requirements. Forcing students to choose between a handful of obscure Core courses (with some exploring duplicate topics) to meet a requirement is unfair to a student body who has long been promised a revamped system of education. There need...
...That the majority managed to stay sane and build a new life fascinates curator Hendriksen. In her own dark times, she says, she draws inspiration from the convict women, who would have thumbed their nose at authority and used humor and friendship to ward off despair. Writing for the catalog, she wonders why she and others are so interested in the convicts' stories: "Is it a sense of impotence of our effect, of our power to act in the world in a meaningful way? Are these women's stories a life affirmation to counteract the existential abyss that can sometimes...
...Seed catalogs are also capitalizing on the urb-ag movement by offering smaller varieties of vegetables that can be grown successfully in more compact spaces. And the catalog companies are reporting that sales of vegetable seeds have soared in the past several years, outstripping those of flowers for the first time since the 1950s...
...glasses, for instance, demanded to be called ''vertically enhanced'' and ''visually challenged.'' The p.c. backlash is spreading across the cultural plains. A newly expanded edition of The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook, written by Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf, has just come out, with its tongue-in- cheek catalog of p.c. terms. (Looters are now ''nontraditional shoppers.'') At Hooters, a fast-growing Atlanta-based restaurant chain, waitresses call themselves ''Hooters Girls,'' wear revealing skintight outfits, and appear on trading cards that trumpet their measurements. Says Scott Allmendinger, editor of Restaurant Business: ''There's a mainstream of the American public...