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...someday tell his child he did his best to fix it. But his real goal is what occurs to many men on hearing their about to become fathers: flight! The film is an adventurer's version of a boy's night out, and Spurlock trumps it up as a mission to justify abandoning Jamieson in the months when she needs him most. Sorry, hon, I've got to go save the planet...
...School of Design architecture student Michael P. Murphy attended a lecture by Medical School professor Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners in Health (PIH). Murphy was shocked to find that there were no architects assisting Farmer in designing the modern and sanitary hospitals integral to PIH’s mission. Previously, the only hospital design had come from Farmer’s amateur napkin sketches. These napkins and lack of real architectural support inspired Murphy to get involved, spearheading a movement with fellow GSD students to build an innovative hospital prototype in Rwanda...
...Engineering. “Engineering is more than a collection of individual departments,” Vanderlick said. She compared specialization in engineering to chosing a particular field of study in medical school. “There are subdisciplines within medicine but they have a common purpose, a common mission, a common language, and a like-mindedness,” Vanderlick said. “And that’s also true in engineering.” She also emphasized that it is valuable to study engineering within the context of a liberal arts education. “I think...
Artists James Powderly and Evan Roth recently went on a daring graffiti mission. The goal? Tagging New York's Brooklyn Bridge. They waited for rush hour to die down and tried to be as incognito as people milling around bridges can be in this post-Sept. 11 world. Then, the duo fixed their crosshairs firmly on the bridge's underside, and started etching out dozens - maybe hundreds - of tags on one of its massive supports. They held still as a police boat floated under the bridge. Later, they allowed passersby to pick up the equipment and try it for themselves...
...surface as people search for scapegoats. Just a short distance away from the legislative palace, a Nigerian U.N. peacekeeper was killed execution-style in a crowded market in the heart of Port-au-Prince. Protesters were shouting "Down with MINUSTAH" - the French acronym for the 8,000-strong U.N. mission. Haiti still does not have an effective security force...