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Controversy erupted at a spring reading period cookout on the Quad lawn hosted by the Black Men’s Forum and the Association of Black Women at Harvard. University police, responding to a noise complaint, demanded that students show their ID cards to prove their Harvard affiliation, prompting widespread discussions of racism at Harvard...
...southern border bearing arms. What do you say? -Richard D. Coburn, DenverAssembling on the border is a fine idea. Guns are probably not necessary because, as the Minutemen were able to show, you can accomplish the same goal-reducing the flow of illegals-with cell phones, binoculars and lawn chairs...
...Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo., is a serene neoclassical building from 1933. A stately terraced lawn with a sculpture garden pours down from the grand south entrance. Nine years ago, when the museum's director, Marc Wilson, and his trustees decided it was time to expand, they began a search for architects. Eventually they whittled the list down to six. Nearly all the finalists proposed building on the parking lot at the building's rear, a location that wouldn't interfere with its grand façade. Only Steven Holl dared to suggest an addition that would...
...Saludables, he was determined to address as many people as possible during a recent week-long stay. Hours before the Flowers Bay talk, which had been canceled because the organizers could not find a proper venue, he found Mrs. Warner, a wizened elderly resident, who offered up her front lawn - a patch of windswept dirt - for the event. Fried managed to borrow several plastic chairs from the Sea Breeze Bar across the street. A single lightbulb hooked onto a long electrical cord and suspended from an old wooden ladder was rigged up as a spotlight as Fried addressed a small...
When the Capitol Visitors Center finally opens, Congress will have an underground amusement park ready for its 4 million annual visitors. The 580,000 sq. ft. facility, located under the east lawn of Capitol Hill, will feature two "orientation" movie theaters, two gift shops, a museum, an auditorium, 26 public restrooms and the largest cafeteria in Washington. Lawmakers will use the facility to hold press conferences, luncheons, and even to vote when the House or Senate needs renovating. The floors will be made of Tennessee marble, the walls of Pennsylvania sandstone and several doors of pure bronze. The plaza above...