Rising: Rashida Jones
The daughter of legendary music producer Quincy Jones and Mod Squad actress Peggy Lipton, Jones used to say she wanted to be the first black Jewish woman president. Barring that, a little acting, modeling and producing is tiding her over for now.
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Feature Stories
Harvard 100
Harvard's influence is both wide and deep. Once you start trying to measure it, you can find yourself feeling giddy and reverential at the same time. In the end, we singled out people who made us think differently, and zeroed in on those who just made a difference.
The Z-List is the New A-List
By
Daniel Golden
Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Golden’s analysis of Harvard admissions reveals both embarrassment and riches: The children of big-donor alums are systematically given preference over legacy offspring of lesser means.
Square
The Daily Mo
By
Greg Atwan
We catch up with the media gadfly who refuses to roll over.
Good Fellas
By
John Sedgwick
For this block in Quincy House, the success fix is in.
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More Features
The Kids Stay in the Pictures
By
Strawberry Saroyan
American girlhood isn't what it used to be. Photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield's raw portraits zoom in on a society that values exhibitionism over modesty, image-conciousness over self-awareness, and the trappings of adulthood over childish things.
The Power House
By
Richard Bradley
Not many people know just what the Harvard Corporation does, and that's exactly how the group's seven members like it. But after Lawrence Summers's departure, can Harvard's ruling council maintain its wall of silence, even as it handpicks the university's next president? An inside look at the power behind Harvard's throne.
Borderline
By
Sean Mitchell
Think the vigilantes patrolling the Mexican border are a bunch of uneducated xenophobes? Not the one with the Ph.D. from Harvard.
Smarts
Gang Mentality
By
Alexandra Lange
In Chicago architecture, a woman's touch will soon dominate the skyline. Architect Jeanne Gang talks about the female gathering instinct and designing an 82-story, $300-million tower on lakefront property.
The Master of Spin
By
Lindsey McCormack
From cancer research to drilling for oil, Greg Favalora's 3-D holograms are a sci-fi fantasy brought to life.
Webster Groves Revisited
The subtitle of Jonathan Franzen's new essay collection is "A Personal History," quelling talk that The Corrections was veiled nonfiction. Does Franzen fly as a memorist? Robert Polito, Mark Greif and Ruth Franklin offer up their reactions.
Books Radar
A few things we're looking forward to after the jeremiads of election season vacate the shelves.
Vanitas
After Hours with...Jennifer Rubell
By
Emily Hall
The dishes at Bond St, in New York, arrive one after another after another: tiny bites of sea bass tempura, silky yuba rolls, the tenderest slices of Wagyu beef, and a platter of sushi as lovely as a Byzantine mosaic.
Shelf Shocked
By
Greg Atwan
The media attention Harvard generates is unique among American universities, and more than a few books taking aim at the institution’s good name have surfaced in the past few years. 02138 compares some recent Harvard-bashing books.
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Passions
A Museum for One
By
Jesse Andrews
“All art has four dimensions,” says John Axelrod. “The three you see, plus the story of how you got it.” If so,the former Boston attorney is quite the story collector. His capacious Back Bay apartment glitters with gems of the Harlem Renaissance and American Art Deco.
Performance Art
By
Minna Proctor
Toronto-born Winsome Brown is a writer, actress, and director who works—quite literally—from home. Her haven of high-design has hosted Shakespeare readings, play rehearsals, and even a film set. Brown gives us a tour of her Tribeca loft.
The Full Piemonte
By
Bruce Schoenfeld
Once harsh and unrefined, today's Barolo wines from the Piemonte region of northern Italy are being produced by a better-traveled generation of winemakers' sons, who are bringing progressive technologies from Napa, Australia and Bordeaux back to the old country.
Wheels of Desire
By
Seth Bauer
If Ferrari were to manufacture a bicycle, what would the ride feel like? Trancendent, says Dick Cashin of his $10,000 carbon-fiber Fondriest.
Double Time
By
Elise Eggart
A pair of elegant, matching men's watches make the perfect engagement gift for a couple who plan to spend the rest of their time together.
Cause & Effect
By
Jennifer Pirtle
Joan Hornig finds comfort in natural objects—stones and minerals from the earth. But she has found even deeper satisfaction in crafting them into things of beauty—and selling them to raise money for educational charities.
Mushroom Crowd
By
Seth Bauer
Andrew Weil, M.D., has studied mushrooms in every which way: as food, as medicine, and, he freely admits, as mind-altering substances. They’re fabulous, he reports—on all three counts. We asked him about his interest in mycology.
Founder's Letter
Index
Premier Issue
The alums who appeared in our Premier issue. See anyone you know?
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