Word: symbolize
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While students are not unanimous in their praise for Epps, largely because he is perceived to have an "establishmentarian point of view" (Rev. Gomes' term), there is no question that he is a huge presence on this campus, a "symbol of Harvard," as this page called him yesterday...
...more than that, Epps has been a symbol of Harvard--with his trademark bow ties, he is perhaps one of the only universally recognizable figures on campus, as well as a constant presence at student events. The ubiquity of Dean Epps gives meaning to his title as our dean. Although the Dean of Students has not always been as receptive to the needs of students as some of us would have liked, he has been passionate in his support of the arts at Harvard, particularly choral music and the Glee Club with which he once sang...
...Decorative Arts, a zoning restriction which divided the building into five-story and seven-story sections led to the inclusion of a large, delineated window (filled with space not glass) on one side of the building. This odd appendage later evolved into a characteristic feature of the design and symbol of the museum. His 1986 Stadthaus in Ulm, Germany was only built after a tenth referendum finally approved its construction. The building was intended to replace an area used for parking in front of the historic Gothic cathedral there and act as a center for the town...
Perhaps the greatest symbol of the end of the supermodel is the Fashion Cafe, the glitzy restaurant chain started to much fanfare in 1995 by celebrity part-owners Schiffer, Macpherson and Campbell--and now teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. Turlington, who later joined the venture, left the cafe last year, and the menu at the Rockefeller Center location can't even spell the name of one of its co-owners correctly, offering "Noami's Fish & Chips...
Meanwhile, rock festivals like Lollapalooza, H.O.R.D.E. and Lilith Fair bring out hundreds of thousands of kids we would have once called hippies. These kids aren't self-impressed enough to make a symbol of their mere existence a la Woodstock, but the festivals are far more multiracial and gender equal than the hippie fests of yore. And if the rock fests are too mainstream, there's always Burning Man, an annual festival in the Nevada desert that brings as many as 20,000 people together to engage in conscious acts of Dadaist performance...