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Adams is so identified with black and white that most people would be surprised to learn that he started to shoot in color soon after Kodachrome was invented in the mid-1930s and that by the time of his death in 1984 he had produced nearly 3,500 color images. Though he allowed some of those pictures to be published in his lifetime, he never printed them himself, or at least not for the public. He didn't believe that the color processes of his day could produce results to compare with the rich visual deliberation, the fine-grained luxuriance...
...student turnout in the absence of a big name artist? Please! Everyone knows to show up for the review session the night before the big test—how else would we ever learn the players, team color, and mascot name of our football team? It’s going to be crucial to act all knowledgeable and football-ey at Yale the next day, while trying to act really drunk in front of that girl in our section who was impressed by how drunk we were at the pep rally that one time...
According to an e-mail sent over the Adams Schmooze earlier today, various History Department faculty members will be visiting the Houses for meals over the next two weeks. Go eat with them! Learn and such. Unless, of course, you get blocked by interhouse restrictions...
...want to provide refreshing stories,” said Catherine M. Otis-Cote, assistant director of CPL. “We want to provide an educational opportunity for people to learn more about inspiring examples of leadership...
...other hand, if you think the competition has been buried under layers of scandal and crass commercialism, you may have never been a fan of the torch relay - and you might be incensed to learn that its roots lie in Nazi Germany. Carl Diem, the secretary-general of the 1936 Berlin Games, pitched the event as a way to infuse the Games with pageantry and buff the mythic image of the Third Reich. That year, on its way from Greece to Germany, the flame passed through Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia - all of which...