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...Cube Lethal Injection (Priority). Ice Cube's raps about police brutality and white immorality enter the ear and expand in the brain like a Black Talon bullet; his lyrics are sometimes inexcusable, but his logic is often inescapable. Ignore his high-caliber insights at your peril...
...election in history.” But Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 vetoed the referendum because he worried that other groups would also want to add optional term bill fees. Instead, the University responded in March with a $100,000 initiative that would expand the University’s use of renewable energy through research and purchase of green power. As a result of the referendum, a planning group was created, made up of the co-chairs of the Environmental Action Committee, UC President Matthew J. Glazer ’06, and other environmental...
...award follows University President Lawrence H. Summer’s announcement last October which outlined six Sustainability Principles intended to develop and maintain an environment that boosts human health and fosters a transition toward sustainability. For his part, Summers allocated $100,000 for a new renewable energy fund to expand the University’s use of renewable energy, and he has also created a Renewable Energy Advisory Group to promote green practices across campus and in future capital projects. Other Harvard schools—such as the Kennedy School of Government, which uses wind energy to power its entire...
...less magical is Azambourg's Pack chair. It initially looks like a brick but, when shaken, inflates into a full-size chair within five minutes. The shaking activates an emulsion that causes a special polyurethane foam to expand, thus unfolding a 3-D textile made by knitting together two parallel wire-linked fabrics. Several firms are negotiating to produce the chair. Meanwhile, this fall, Herms will launch a series of ultralight suitcases, designed by Azambourg, that are fashioned from a unique mix of foam and leather...
...there is more to the class than experimentation. Rather, Lemieux strives to expand students’ notions of boundaries in creative expression to a more interactive, personal level. By integrating different types of media—images, texts, or objects—found in pop culture into customary art forms, students also explore a new medium of experimental creation...