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...trail De Beausset appears soft-spoken and humble, quicker to play up Anene’s accomplishments than his own.CULTURE OF COLLABORATIONThe two running mates interacted long before they sought to tackle textbook costs through the UC. The Environmental Science and Public Policy concentrators participated in the First-Year Urban Program, lived in Matthews Hall, and rowed (and quit) freshman crew.Their current joint effort, their UC campaign, calls for a “culture of collaboration,” strengthening ties within the College, and forming new bonds between the Harvard community and the world beyond the gates.An...
More than 300 BigBellys line streets from Massachusetts to California today, and their appeal is easy to see. Once BigBellys have been installed, the stinky, overflowing trash cans found on urban corners are no more, replaced by what looks like a large newspaper-vending machine that collects rather than distributes. Because the unit can hold at least four times as much as a standard can, trash needs to be collected less often...
...Trial Block has been demolished, and in its place is the new Constitutional Court, the highest court in the land. It's the end result of a competition to "create a building rooted in the South African landscape, physically and culturally," and South African architects OMM Design Workshop and Urban Solutions have built an inspiring legacy. The foyer's slanted mosaic pillars and silver leaflike lights are a metaphor for the trees under which Africans traditionally resolve legal disputes. In the sunken courtroom, a ribbon of glass at street level ensures that justice is always visible to those it should...
...sincere passion in students who have just arrived on campus, but it was these qualities I saw in Amadi P. Anene ’08 and Kyle A. De Beausset ’08 from the first day I met them as a senior and a First-Year Urban Program leader. In no time, I came to know them as inquisitive, hard-working, passionate, fun, and— above all—as good people; the kind that inspire others and make the spaces they inhabit better for having known their spirit...
...trend these days is poseur-kitsch. Chain stores like Urban Outfitters, Jasmine Sola, and the Garage’s newest clutch of shops have adopted the crass marketing strategy of oozing collegiate campiness...