Month: March 2013
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Needle-sharp Skills pt. I
In honor of Women’s History Month, let us talk about the history of educating women. This seems especially apt, because 84% of the overall students here at FIT are female. Historically, the needle-arts have been associated with female gentility and marriageability, which used to be the measure of female success. As women’s work outside of…
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PEEP THIS…
Gone are the days of ornate architecture with its intricate masonry and delicate wood work. For many an urban dweller it’s a “Stack’em Shack” (translation apartment building) existence. For the suburbanite you have your home with a plot of land. World of Interiors, March 2013 issue featured an eye-catching architectural delight. PEEP THIS…a decaying domicile…
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Interstices
Here, among the periodicals stacks, we have a new name. We are now formally known as the Periodicals and Electronic Resource Services unit. But we still are the place you can come find all kinds of magazines with great images. And we’re the place that organizes and pays for most of the fancy electronic stuff…