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The original sushi pillow can be found all over the Internet, and according to Tomm, will hopefully be sold in walk-in stores in the near future. The pillows generally range from $30 to $50 and can make great and affordable gifts. Currently, they can be purchased at some online decorative businesses including The Original Sushi Pillow, Sofa Garden, Pixel Girl Shop and A Full Belly.

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Trendy pillows that take the shape of sushi are sweeping across the Internet and onto people's couches across the globe. No, they aren't sushi scented, but the vibrant colors and textures of the fabric accurately reproduce a very trendy food.

"Wow, sounds crazy. What's the purpose of the pillow? Why sushi?" junior graphic design major Nicholas Michetti said.

Why sushi? It all began as a simple idea. Cindy Tomm and Mel Maghuyop, actors who recently toured across the United States with the musical "Miss Saigon," are the creators of this innovative decoration. Tomm decided that she wanted a pillow that looked like a sushi roll, and

Maghuyop went on a sushi pillow hunt to fulfill her cottonstuffed craving. When there was no such thing on the market, Maghuyop put his theatrical talents to the test and hand crafted the very first original sushi pillow for his friend. The business began rolling in 2004 on e-Bay and has yet to turn stale.

"We went from actors to entrepreneurs! I think that or idea is appealing because· sushi fuses two things that are very important to the human spirit: food and art. Sushi is a form of art that also happens to be edible and delicious. People can feed their senses now with sushi in a nonperishable form," Tomm said.

This nonperishable form of art is created with the unique use of materials that make the pillows accurate to the real por-

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A Pavement is all that is needed for United Kingdombased artist Julian Beever to make a masterpiece. That and some chalk of course. A 47year-old globetrotter who trained at Leeds College of Art in the UK, Beever has been boggling peoples minds with his street art for the last 16 years.

"It usualLytakes around three days to do them, depending on the complexity of the drawing," Beever said in an interview in January. Complexity is definitely a word that many associate with his work.

The human brain comprehends our 3D experience of the world from the 2D light patterns that fall into our retin. Our untrained eye allows textures to fade as they go farther away, parallel lines to converge in the distance and objects to seem larger the closer they are. Beever simply uses deception to create false impressions of denth nd ealis Well. ot simply. Our brain then interprets these drawings as three dimensional when we view them from a certain angle. and make corrections if warranted. tions. The ever-popular California roll, for example, has fluffy "white rice" made of cotton, an outer layer of emerald-green "seaweed" and a hand painted center portion of ingredients. Unfortunately, as yummy as it may look, the cotton, polyester and rayon are not edible. This pillow is 12 inches wide and 5 inches tall and costs $36 without shipping included.

"I like it because you can do a big image relatively quickly, much more quickly than an oil painting. And people on the streets can see the results straight away," Beever added.

What started out as an attempt at some quick cash, has turned Beever into a British celebrity.

"I think it's a really interesting and different form of art." said Ashley Kiehner, a sophomore English major. "I can't believe that it's merely chalk on pavement," she added.

Beever continues to baffle skeptics across the world. He has already worked in the UK, Belgium, France, Holland, Germany, Australia and the United States, and his popularity continues to grow.

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Junior graphic design major Charlie Grugan jokingly said, "Nothing would make me more comfortable in my bed than laying on a slab of fish," when first commenting on the whole concept of a sushi pillow.

"The idea of a pillow that looks like sushi is really funny. I love it and would definitely buy one of my own," sophomore psychology major, Kristen McGowan, said. Visit www.theoriginalsushipillow.com to get the more information on the latest news about the sushi pillow, and to see for - yourself all th~ many flavors of this mouth-watering art.

"Here at the original sushi pillow, we have a goal of finding the harmony between food and art. We hope that you too will fin<;Ithe harmony in life," according to Tomm and Maghuyop's message to the consumer.

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Withthe MiddleEastconsistently the focus of world news. keffi.yehsalso known as scarves, which are commonly worn by Arab,have caughttheeye of the fashion world.

Keffiyehs are generally white, square, cotton cloths that are wrappedaroundthe head in various styles. but many have a checkered pattern in red or black stitched. into them. The black and white checkered style became especially wellknown during the l 930s as a symbol of Palestinian nationalism, and continues to be associated with Palestinian political sympathies, according to www.mfad.com.

However many argue the adaptation of keffiyebs as a fashion accessory is insulting because many people who wear the keffiyeh do not really understand what the keffiyeh stands for, namely a show of Arab solidarity.

Bryan Shinehouse, a freshman political science major, said, "I have not seen too many people wear keffiyehs. However if there is a chance that people are insulting Arabs by wearing it as a fashion accessory maybe they should not wear it, so we can peacefully co-exist with another culture."

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Now keffiyehs are commonly worn by people of all ages, especially in New York, at parties, art openings and dubs. The traditional Arab headdress has been now converted into a fashion accessory and serves as a scarf or skirt.

It is also common to see women with dangly earrings and long, side-parted hair to wear keffiyehs wrapped around their necks. The ,. scarves are sold on almost every city street and in various department stores, according to village voice.com.

Although keffiyehs are a recent trend and have become popular, Michelle McArdle, a freshman prenursing major, said that she has not seen many Cabrini students wearing keffiyehs.

McArdle said, "It never would have crossed my mind that wearing a keffiyeh would offend or insult another person."