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Marines Challenge Anti-War Vets

By Ian Sands

Boston Phoenix | June 7, 2007

Two reservists learned this past week that the Marine Corps was recommending they receive "other than honorable" discharges as a result of certain aspects of their anti-war activities.

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Tags: Iraq, WAR, in, war & peace

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Russell Freeland Gave Up Everything in Pursuit of His Risky Art Projectnew

Abstract artist Russell Freeland gave up everything -- that's everything -- to go from Boston to Austin and see if he could survive solely on his art. His homeless and hungry saga is told in the Absolute Zero Project.

Boston Phoenix | Ian Sands | 10-07-2009 | Art

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Champion Lockpicker Schuyler Towne Can't Be Stoppednew

It's too bad Skip Gates didn't have Schuyler Towne's cell number on that fateful day last month. If he did, the Somerville-based lockpicking champ likely could have gotten in to the good professor's home in no time at all, and a national controversy (and international beer summit) might have been averted.

Boston Phoenix | Ian Sands | 08-06-2009 | Culture

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Meet the Awesome Foundation for Arts and Sciencesnew

What if Eli and Edythe Broad, two seminal financial backers of MIT and Harvard, had gone batshit crazy back in the early '00s and decided to go in a different direction with their philanthropy?

Boston Phoenix | Ian Sands | 07-23-2009 | Culture

Tags: charitable giving, Berkman Centre for Internet & Society, Broad Institute, Paul Revere, Tim Hwang, Cambridge, Harvard University

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