In Los Angelas, artist Joshua Callaghan has been doing his part to beautify the street.

 

Living in the city, your normal route to and from class is cluttered with man-made objects that pop out of the sidewalk.  Street signs, parking meters, newspaper boxes, electric boxes--most importantly el

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...as does the rest of the newer architecture at Wesleyan. Why they keep hiring the same conservative firm is beyond me. There must be an alumni discount in there somewhere. What else can explain why Wesleyan keeps adding more ugly, soul-crushing architecture to its grounds? I'm not even being melodramatic, pe

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Well, former BU supreme commander John Silber has a new book out, and guess what he's angry about? No, not the gays. Not heathen college students who can't stop ****ing long enough to read the complete works of Kant. The subject that has Silber especially wrinkly: ugly buildings!

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Does your jaw ever drop after hearing something completely unexpected come out of a professor's mouth? This blog is going to begin keeping ongoing record of some of these unusual moments. Feel free to comment with anything similar you may have experienced.

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The Alsop House hits you like a dream when you first enter it. You enter that big pink building known as the Davison Art Center, walk left down a nondescript hallway, walk left again into a darker hallway, and then right into a dimly lit chamber. It's eerie, seemingly out of place on the Wesleya... MORE »

Most folks didn't weep to see the cramped buildings of Butler go down. The prison brick, the cramped space, lack of common rooms and facilities, and weird bathroom arrangements combined to make the buildings the "butt" of many jokes. (Oh, I'm good). Of course, some are mourning those cheerful waffle ce... MORE »

This May, Jonathan Bell, 1992 graduate of Studio Arts/Architecture major at Wesleyan, gave a woefully under-attended lecture about his latest project: the Khan/Tirmizi House in Brattleboro, Vermont - also known as the Couple-Three House (NOT pictured above).*

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