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...Ahead of His Time The German architect Mies van der Rohe died in 1969, but his influence can be seen on office towers from Chicago to Shanghai. His early work is examined in "Mies van der Rohe 1905-1938," which runs until March 2 at London's Whitechapel Art Gallery. The show features models, photographs, plans and original drawings. Mies, as he's widely known, had the misfortune to be working in Berlin when the Nazis came to power. In 1938 he moved to the U.S. in search of more open-minded patrons. He found a niche at the Armour...
...crisis. Prescient too: 21 months before the Sept. 11 attacks, he warned in a newspaper column, "The defining struggle of the new age [will] be between terrorism and security." Even at his worst, Rushdie is engaging: talking music with Bono (who wanted to discuss politics), hanging out with Van Morrison (who disliked his lousy dancing), trying to get his novel Midnight's Children made for TV (in vain, though a London stage version opens Jan. 18). Or sitting in a heavily guarded New York hotel as poet Allen Ginsberg shows him breathing exercises to relieve fatwa-induced stress. "How extraordinary...
...unclear if it’s an affirmation or a command. But either way, Guttentag is having a good day and wants everyone else to have one, too. She’s not really supposed to be here right now. At least, on June 12, 2000, when her van was hit by a tractor trailer, no one thought she would be here now, busily concentrating in psychology, dancing with and coordinating children’s programming for the Indian dance troupe Ghungroo, walking, talking, or hastily scribbling notes in class. According to Guttentag, her score on the Glasgow Coma Scale...
...Known weirdo Jack J. Van der Bone ’03 asked another man to loan him a pair of undershorts. Though he claimed later that it was merely “a joke,” Van der Bone’s weirdo status was not revoked...
Among the two dozen “freshmen” members of Congress were KSG alumni Christopher Van Hollen and Katherine Harris, the former Florida secretary of state who came to national prominence for her role in the presidential election controversy...