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Upon entering, the first pleasant surprise is Monet's Poppies Near Vétheuil and Manet's In the Garden of Bellevue hanging in the downstairs salon. But the vibrancy and luminosity of those Impressionist masters are just a foretaste of this small but exquisite museum's offerings. Upstairs, for instance, is Van Gogh's The Sower, whose thick brushstrokes and bright greens, yellows and blues announced a new style for the artist at an especially troubled period of his life: only two months after finishing it in 1888, Van Gogh argued with Gauguin and famously cut off part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Eye for Quality | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...There is not an easy way to raise the small amount of money to start a business,” May said, “but at the same time there’s a lot of interest.” StudentBusinesses.com user Jon T. Staff V ’10 considers networking the most valuable aspect of the site. Staff, who is also an Undergraduate Council representative, said that when he comes up with business ideas with his roommates, they “informally bounce ideas off friends”—a process formalized by StudentBusiness...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Student Site Links Business Community | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

About a dozen Crimson Reading staff members and volunteers had been relying on stealthily writing down the ISBN numbers on small notepads and index cards, said Crimson Reading’s director, Jon T. Staff V...

Author: By Anna L. Tong, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sneaky Students Fly the Coop | 9/24/2007 | See Source »

Some women need look no further than their closet to get a glimpse of couture clothing. But for most, it's an exclusive art form known only through pictures or the occasional museum exhibit. Opening Sept. 22 at London's V&A is one such show that gives visitors an almost unprecedented in-depth look into couture's most glamorous era. "The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957" will display more than 100 dresses designed by haute couture's most revered names, among them Givenchy, Balmain, Balenciaga, Schiaparelli and, of course, Dior. The exhibit covers everything from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Height of Fashion | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

...find cheap textbooks at Internet booksellers by clicking on the courses they are taking. The Coop has argued that it owns intellectual property rights to the identification numbers for the books it stocks, which are organized by course on the third floor. Crimson Reading Director John T. Staff V ’10 insists the information is in the public domain...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Coop Calls Cops On ISBN Copiers | 9/21/2007 | See Source »

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