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...Together with Ryan S. Nolan ’09 (aka “Candy”), the drag queens became the oh-so-yummy emcees of Adams House Drag Night. You go, girls. In all its hilarity, Drag Night was founded on serious origins. Adams Social Co-Chair Sean P. Bala ’09 says that it stems from opposition to “a series of riots against homosexuality in the 1970s.” Known for its artistic flair, Adams responded with dresses and lipstick, and Drag Night has remained a “tradition of celebration?...
...It’s not immediately obvious to everyone what it’s all about,” said Anne Harrington, chair of the history of science department. “To some people it just seems like you do some history and you do some science, but the intellectual heart of the program is to ask big questions about the stakes of science, not just to do it but why it matters...
Chicago businesswoman Valerie Jarrett has earned all sorts of nicknames as an aide to President-elect Barack Obama - from "First Friend" to "big sister" to "the other half of Obama's brain." As co-chair of his transition team, Jarrett has spent the past week denying rumors, parsing policy changes and insisting that she doesn't know where she'll end up in the new administration (although Beltway gossip suggests she may be appointed to Obama's seat in the Senate). Of her relationship with the 44th commander-in-chief, Jarrett says simply: "He is my dear friend. I would...
...remains a key player in her hometown, where she serves as vice chair of the Chicago 2016 Olympic Committee and hobnobs with local entrepreneurs, journalists, politicians, union bosses and activists. Journalism website Muckety.com has listed her as one of the city's "100 best networked...
...generation, from the oldest President in history to the youngest. John F. Kennedy viewed Eisenhower as antique, out of step; he referred to him as "that old a-hole." Eisenhower for his part saw Kennedy as callow and unready; "I will do almost anything to avoid turning my chair and country over to Kennedy," he told his friends during the campaign...