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...could have predicted that foot scrubbers would bring big change to a small village in Pakistan? Ann Thariani's fascination with handcrafted terra-cotta foot scrubbers began when she lived in Karachi with her Pakistani architect husband Kumy and led them to start a company, Gilden Tree. Sales of the product skyrocketed, but the women who made the scrubbers were not the only beneficiaries. The Tharianis decided to pay to educate the women's offspring, with one challenging stipulation: the girls, who often stay at home in rural Pakistan, had to go to school with the boys. "Everything Gilden Tree...
...hypnotic bass led the drums like dogs in heat, but most of the band played whatever instruments they could find. Homemade electronics, two saxophones, three guitars, two basses, a KAOSS Pad effects processor, and sundry pedals lay scattered on the stage. The one guiding force was a five-foot branch, alternating between walking stick, club, and flagstaff for a silver scarf, entertaining the whole venue. Sunburned took a break to announce “We’re the J. Geils Band, but there ain’t no centerfold fucking up here,” before heading back into...
When the 2003 men’s crew team constructed a nine-foot snow penis in Tercentenary Theater, even The Economist found the erection exciting. Those not daring enough to construct their own should stay on the lookout for this year’s latest Yard work of art. We hear watching is almost as pleasurable as doing it yourself...
...more money. But what really hurts is what they’re not saying: if the UC devotes all of its current resources to increased House Committee and student group funding, campus-wide social events will be left without a dime. Unless, of course, University Hall decides to foot the bill or (more likely) to pass it along to students in the form of an increased, and possibly mandatory, termbill...
Energy Innovations, launched in 2000, designed a generator that uses 25 mirrors to bounce light toward a silicon collector that is smaller than a square foot. A microchip continuously analyzes the light hitting the collector and repositions the mirrors to catch the most photons...