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...there was no speculation that many of the passengers were under the influence. On the shuttle, a girl with too much make-up and a white styrofoam cup announced to anyone listening, “I can’t walk, I can’t stand, my feet hurt like a bitch.” When FM asked her about her evening, she recounted how she gained access to an “exclusive” dance club in Miami this past Columbus Day. Then came unsolicited advice: “You would have to wear khakis...
...challenge of the project was finding materials that would be light enough to be suspended above an area that has a lot of pedestrian traffic. So, the majority of the objects are made from styrofoam, most of which has been found as post-consumer waste. The Adams House squash courts are now littered with sheets upon sheets and blocks of styrofoam as well as colorful pool noodles, not to mention a profusion of rope, screen and aerosol cans of paint and glue. “I call it slightly controlled anarchy,” Bastian says...
...project attracted Juliana Chow ‘04 to work. Although she’s only been able to attend one meeting (and make a colorfully spray-painted styrofoam skateboard), Chow attributes her interest in the project to a special interest in public art. In fact, Chow is attempting to attract fellow students to work on totally student-run public art in the coming year, possibly snow sculpture in the winter or short, 40-second plays to be staged at the intersection of JFK St. and Massachusetts Ave. during the time for crossing the street...
...away lies a few yards offshore from the Hadrin Beach party zone. In contrast to the spectacular fish and coral found elsewhere, the waters are lifeless. The only color to be seen under the waves comes from the luminous green of a beer can or the white from a Styrofoam takeout box. Onshore, as the sun goes down, the beach could barely be more alive. Crowds of backpackers squeeze into seven beachfront clubs on a mile-long strip of white sand. Many wear fluorescent body paint. Glowing psychedelic sculptures line the shore. Hawkers sell food, water, cigarettes, marijuana, ecstasy, magic...
Marks also began consolidating suppliers and clients into industrial parks in China, Hungary and Mexico. Flextronics' park in Sarvar, western Hungary, includes a manufacturer of Styrofoam packaging, a maker of cardboard packaging, a forwarding company and a company specializing in sheet-metal stamping. The new Guadalajara location boasts circuit-board fabricators. And all are connected, on a secure computer network, with design and engineering labs around the world...