{\rtf1\mac\deff20{\info{\doccomm generated by an Aldus application}}{\colortbl\red0\blue0\green0 ;}{\stylesheet {\s1 \fi180\qj\sl230\cf0\fs20\expnd0 text;}} \sectd\pard\plain\hyphhotz720\s1\fi180\qj\sl230\fs20\expnd0 during his rise to power.\plain\fs20\expnd0 \par \pard\plain\s1\fi180\qj\sl230\fs20\expnd0 But what really got my attention was a room that symbolized the division between East and West. For the East, the curators had hung an enormous portrait of the Kremlin and other striking buildings from the former Soviet Bloc. The West was represented by the front end of a 1958 Ford Edsel, painted eggshell white; the car was crashing through the wall at a crazy, cockeyed angle. Standing in front of it, I could almost hear Elton Kash laughing.\plain\fs20\expnd0 \par \pard\plain\s1\fi180\qj\sl230 \plain\fs20\expnd0 \par \pard\plain\s1\qj\sl230\fs20\expnd0\i Pete Hessler \'d592, a former On the Campus columnist, is a freelance writer living in Columbia, Missouri.\plain\fs20\expnd0\i \par \pard\plain }