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CHUL Ducks December 3, 1980 Bureaucracy is rarely a tool for justice. That maxim was proved again Monday afternoon, when the Committee on House and Undergraduate Life (CHUL) took a deep breath and plunged into a swamp of parliamentary detail, emerging not with an affirmation of the rights of campus gay students but instead with a paper solution that will please only administrators embarrassed by discussion of the issue. The Gay Students Association (GSA) several weeks ago asked Archie C. Epps III, dean of students, for permission to enclose a leaflet in registration packets. Though it amply documented the fact...
...Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration,” a 500th anniversary show of Columbus’ 1492 voyage and Brown’s final accomplishment as the Gallery’s director.In organizing these exhibitions, Brown paid acute attention to detail and respected each person’s contribution to the project, according to Daniels, who worked with Brown in the eighties.“He was the best kind of person to work with,” she says. “He always thanked people and was always aware of it, and when things went...
...graphic novel. Having illustrated children's books and worked in animation, Katin has had a lifetime of practicing her visual narrative skills. Working mostly in graphite pencil, the monotone palate evokes the grey days of Nazi rule in a past desaturated of color. Instead, Katin uses shading to create detail and rich texture. She keeps the layout simple, with rarely more than six panels per page. When the action heats up, characters will burst out of their borders, making the page more dynamic...
...debut of Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth, served as the excuse for a typhoon of speculation about whether he was running for President in 2008. Senator Clinton's sturdy bran muffin of a speech about the environment-it read like a term paper but was filled with smart detail and inconvenient truthfulness-was almost totally ignored because the New York Times decided to print a front-page story revealing the shocking fact that she and Bill were...still married and a lot of people remain perplexed by their relationship...
...National Inventors Hall of Fame, was named the 2006 Modern Marvel of the Year. Ward's Strawjet takes a renewable and universally available resource - straw - and turns it into low-cost building material that will provide farmers with extra income and eliminate the need for deforestation. Another eco-friendly detail: instead of using plastic resin, the tractor-size farming implement binds straw together using paper pulp, clay and cement...