On and Off the Ave
A collection of newsworthy items from the pages of Columns.
In April, the Quad will be picture-postcard delicious, with its famous blossoming cherry trees. But the lawns may look a little funny. That's because they won't be covered with those annoying campaign signs. Last fall, the AS 91̽»¨Board of Control voted to prohibit the use of student government election campaign signs, saying they were a pain in the neck because they caused clutter, became a regular target for vandals, and cost a lot of money to make. While some argued that banning signs would eliminate candidates' ability to communicate with voters, most student government folks agreed: sign making and posting was more trouble than it was worth.
Billy Taylor, celebrated jazz pianist and host of NPR's "Jazz from Kennedy Center" will perform at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 22 in Meany Theater as part of his 91̽»¨artist-in-residence program. Tayor is the 1999 Hans and Thelma Lehmann Distinguished Visiting Professor. With trio members Chip Jackson, bass, and Steve Jones, drums, Taylor will be in residence April 19-22 at the School of Music. Tickets for the performance cost $21 general, $10 students/seniors. Call the 91̽»¨Arts Ticket Office at (206) 543-4880. Photo by Carol Weinberg.
Astronomy Professor Donald Brownlee's Stardust project is one of nine NASA missions now being featured on Nestle's Crunch bars. The seven-year mission, which launched last month, will send a spacecraft to comet Wild 2 to gather samples of comet dust and return them to Earth for analysis. Photo courtesy of Nestle.
—David Horsey, '75, editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, who won a National Press Foundation 1998 Berryman Cartoonist of the Year Award for a cartoon titled "Beltway Apocalypse" on the White House sex scandal.
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