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...Gould-Wartofsky says he is not someone who protests for the sake of protesting. His approach to campus activism is utilitarian, a goal-driven process rather than an activity in itself, he says...
...ideology bears only the most distant relationship to the original Republican environmental ethos—the conservationism of Gifford Pinchot, a turn-of-the-century Republican who served as the head of the National Forestry Service and founded the Yale School of Forestry. Pinchot took a utilitarian stance: Not strictly opposed to development of wild lands rich in natural resources, he wished to preserve them for commercial initiatives as well as public recreational use, making land use decisions through objective scientific analysis. But there was (and is) another side to the debate: The preservationist movement. Led by John Muir...
Luggage companies such as Tumi and Samsonite are responding to the new demand with flair. They're using innovation and color to turn formerly utilitarian pieces into style statements. Tumi's new Ducati line features eight different travel bags with racy black-and-red styling. Samsonite Black Label hired trendy industrial designer Marc Newson to create a lightweight, colorful line of luggage called Scope. He used EVA foam--once found only in sneakers--to create one of the lightest uprights on the market...
...dearth of utilitarian logic behind smoking bans doesn’t prevent the self-righteous paternalists, who argue that smokers need to be saved from themselves. After England passed a total ban on smoking in public places, The Guardian newspaper congratulated parliamentarians on rescuing citizens: “[Smokers] need not just encouragement to stop, but help.” Why not cut to the chase and ban cigarettes altogether...
...meaning of the prehistoric cave paintings, like those discovered earlier in southern France and northern Spain, became a topic of fertile interdisciplinary discussion. Some saw in these beasts primary evidence that from the beginning art was wrought for the sake of art. Others contended that the images were purely utilitarian, drawn solely to marshal magic that would help hunters succeed. Yet archaeological evidence is strong that while humans were painting in Lascaux, they could count for sustenance on massive herds of reindeer, an animal that is only rarely depicted. By the beginning of the 1970s, Lascaux had found a kind...