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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...With its distinctive design and bold concrete, the architecture was intended to tie the arts into the rest of the campus, according to Sekler. The long ramp passing through the building, a signature trait of Le Corbusier’s architecture, would allow the students to experience the building even as they walked to class, Sekler said. “‘Ramps connect, stairs divide’—it was one of his sayings,” Sekler said...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Making Room for Art | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

...Bloom argued Fiat's case, Chrysler's case and ultimately the UAW's case. Gangly and soft-spoken, Rattner's co-chairman is passionately pro-union - an unusual trait among investment bankers. He helped guide the steelworkers' union through the collapse and restructuring of its industry, and this time he came to the aid of Chrysler's workforce. Gene Sperling, a veteran of the Clinton Administration, added his weight to Bloom's, speaking movingly of the human devastation that would follow should Chrysler collapse at such a weak moment for the overall economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Government Motors: Can a Reinvention Save GM? | 5/28/2009 | See Source »

...This last trait has, it seems, even infiltrated student groups with a supposed commitment to charity. Thanks to the lofty claims these organizations parade on posters, purchasers are led to believe that all proceeds from the highly priced tickets are donated. However, with an interpretation of honesty that Bill Clinton would be proud of, there are often no actual profits—and consequently, no donations. To market an event based on the assumption of charity and then fail to give away a cent is the peak of hypocrisy. Equally reprehensible is the tacit acceptance suggested by the administration?...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill | Title: Charitable Misgivings | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

Jonathan R. Mason's best trait is not any old smile. It's this...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: Holy Harvard Hotties | 5/10/2009 | See Source »

...Hottest trait: This is a terrible question, do I have to answer this one? Haha then definitely my southern accent. Definitely. Ya?...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fifteen Hottest Freshmen 2009: Joseph B. Morcos | 5/8/2009 | See Source »

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