As the Greek playwright Euripides tells it, princess Helen blamed herself for the tragedy of the Trojan War. If only she hadn’t been so desirable a prize for Paris, she thinks. “If only I could shed my beauty and assume an uglier aspect,” she says in The Trojan Women, “Th
Los Angeles Kings' Dustin Brown goes after the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, in Los Angeles. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
The Los Angeles Kings have announced that the team will retire former captain Dustin Brown's No. 23
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The Student was borne from a public art competition for a sculpture to be placed on the grounds of the campus. It is by the sculptor and teacher Tom Bass, and was acquired by the University in 1953, making it the
What's more relateable than the hunched figure of a student reading a book?
The Student was borne from a public art competition for a sculpture to be placed on the grounds of the campus. It is by the sculptor and teacher Tom Bass, and was acquired by the University in 1953, making it the