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...Design two years later. “I wanted the challenge of verisimilitude,” Hannah says. “There is something in me that wanted to make narrative paintings, which of course abstract does not offer.” Hannah cites the narratives of novelist Graham Greene as particular sources of inspiration for his paintings. “[Greene] creates an emotional and psychological terrain that is recognizable no matter where his books are set,” Hannah says. “I set out to do something similar, to create a world that can encompass...
...choreographer.The final number of the evening was a heart-stopping performance of “Steps in the Street” from Martha Graham’s classic anti-war piece “Chronicle.” The dancers, dressed in full-length black garments designed by Graham herself in 1936, proceeded on-stage with rigid shuffles that were accented by the absence of music. An eerie, militaristic theme suddenly blared out, signaling the dancers to cover the stage with repeated, mechanical stag leaps that were almost inhuman in their unfeeling execution. A single woman (notably portrayed by Conservatory...
...trickled in as the day continued. “I’ve never seen a line at a polling place before in five elections at this place since 2000,” he said. Even with high voter turnout, the Harvard-area polling stations, at Quincy House, the Graham and Parks Alternative School located next to the Radcliffe Quadrangle, and the Graduate School of Design managed to prevent any major voting-machine errors, according to officials at the Quincy House polling station. Aside from missing a sheet from the voter rolls at the beginning of the day, the Quincy...
...seniors or graduate students in their final year of eligibility and have a grade point average of at least 3.2. Other criteria include outstanding football ability, leadership, and citizenship.Berry joins 14 other college football scholar-athletes from around the country, including Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel, Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell, and Ohio State wide receiver Brian Robiskie.“There are so many people worthy of these accolades, that you really can’t get a big head,” Berry said. “You just have to be glad that you?...
...Hilton hotel in downtown Cleveland as the number 270 got closer and closer. Meanwhile, about 45 excited students packed into a dormitory lounge on the Drake University campus in Iowa to watch election results roll in on CNN, nibbling on red, white and blue food (red salsa, graham crackers with white frosting and blue - O.K., technically purple - grapes) and drank red and blue Hawaiian punch. "It's just so inspiring to have this as your first election. It's exciting and humbling," says Hope Ashley, 19, who voted early in her bellwether home state of Missouri...