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...partner has won the right to pursue a wrongful death claim over his or her mate. "The California statute was amended to expressly say domestic partners can sue, and that was, in part, due to Sharon Smith's testimony before the state legislature about her situation," explains Jon Davidson, senior counsel for the gay-rights organization Lambda. (Vermont and Hawaii now also allow wrongful death suits by same-sex partners...
...never judge a book by its cover” takes on a whole new meaning in the artwork on display in Mather House’s Three Columns Gallery. “Books!” showcases an extensive sampling of the work of local artists Laura Davidson, Mary McCarthy and Donald Shambroom...
...Davidson and McCarthy are self-described “book-artists,” and Shambroom is a painter and sculptor. Book-art is difficult to define with any precision, and thus is probably best defined through example. As the exhibit’s statement puts it, the exhibit consists of “Boxes of painted panels, vertical and horizontal scrolls, accordians, stand-up books that open like doors, pop-up books presenting architectural models, and sculpture using books as a material, like marble or clay...
Also intriguing is a book called “Alphabets” by Davidson. The book, small but defiantly shiny, consists of copper plates bound by four rings. Into each plate is carved a different alphabet; on the two visible pages, the Etruscan and Gothic alphabets are on display. Perhaps Davidson hopes to make a pregnant and theoretical statement about the transience and protean nature of alphabets, languages and the written medium in general. Either way, the book of copper plates is visually impressive...
...thanks to CBS’ Gus Johnson, everyone knows a little bit about Pete. How he got into Columbia, but chose to go to Davidson for a far-from-guaranteed spot on the team. How he joined the ’Cats as a walk-on, turned into their top outside threat and hit 45 percent of his threes during the season. How he knocked down five threes in the Southern Conference title game against Furman to propel Davidson into the tourney...