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...colorful pajamas and stilts, and accompanied by Shivvers in street clothes, juggling implements in hand, to celebrate the beknighting of Corey M. Rennell ’07-’08 to the Principality of Sealand, a micronation off the coast of England. They did not attend the fancy dress festivities on Club duty, but were instead there as friends of the new aristocrat. “They are cool dudes,” Rennell said while dancing, turkey leg in hand, in a costume reminiscent of King Henry VIII. However, the fun atmosphere of the party seemed...

Author: By Candace I. Munroe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Defying Gravity and Harvard Norms | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

...would have found two levels of pre-dinner cocktail parties, with most of the major news organizations having reserved a room so they could show off their success in luring B-listers from Hollywood or New York. The actress Jenny McCarthy wore a dress that prominently featured her breasts. The actor Johnny Knoxville looked dyspeptic. Lauren Conrad from MTV's The Hills had an entourage and foundation makeup. There was that lady from Desperate Housewives, that guy from Wedding Crashers and that other guy from Thank You For Smoking. At least one Black Eyed Pea showed up, and the vicious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Coolest D.C. Party Is Still Lame | 4/27/2008 | See Source »

...said that she was thrown into a new environment—one in which she didn’t even know how to tie her shoes. Kolbe told the crowd that the Web site will help answer questions like, “How do you wear the right prom dress so that it doesn’t get caught in your wheels when you dance?” Paul Martin described his feelings of hopelessness after being paralyzed in a car accident. While in rehab, he was inspired by a fellow quadriplegic, who was able to open and drink...

Author: By Sue Lin and Arianna Markel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: ‘Dispatch’ Lead Plays Pub | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

...romance novel to the floor with a furious exclamation. She had to stop reading such filth. It was in the poorest of taste, and besides, she had not been able to read past the first line all morning. Her hands shook. She had been worrying the hem of her dress with what remained of her fingernails.The cause of her distress was no mystery. Each morning, for five days, she had found an excuse to visit the stables. And each morning, upon her arrival, she found her husband Frederick already there, discussing details of the upcoming harvest with The Stable...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE STABLE BOY | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

...paint compresses the landscape and creates a personal view of the city that evokes the mystical qualities of his religious works. The portraits in the second room were created as tools of state which depict images of ideal monarchs. Philip’s wife, Queen Margarita, wears a sumptuous dress in her portrait, painted with painstaking detail, while her face is mask-like. Gone are El Greco’s expressive brush strokes, replaced with a new artistic naturalism that focuses on the realistic representation of fabric folds and shadows.Velazquez’s first work in the exhibit...

Author: By Claire J. Saffitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sketches of Spain: El Greco at the MFA | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

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