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(Did you like that title? Nobody has ever used it before.) On Sept. 10, 2001, Barbara Koenen shaved her head. The next day brought the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. On Sept. 12, 2001, Koenen heard President Bush respond to the attacks by declaring war on "terror" and encouraging us to go shopping, and knew she needed to respond. In addition to signing petitions, sending email blasts, writing letters to the editor and other standard anti-war activities, she also vowed not to cut her hair "until the 'war on terror' was over."

This Friday marks the closing date of artist Barbara Koenen's Muse: a 125 square-foot installation examining the relationship between hand grenades and pomegranates. Koenen's piece, nested on the fifth floor of the Fine Arts Building, wryly and elegantly hypothesizes a connection between the War on Terror and what she perceived as a "sudden and simultaneous popularity of pomegranates in the U.S." Grenade-shaped water balloons, real-life grenades tucked away in crocheted sacks, and placards of POM Juice advertisements are just some of the items juxtaposed together.