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Unlike mainstream courtrooms, this one is hung with Aboriginal paintings; in place of a bench and witness box, comfortable swivel chairs surround an oval table. Magistrate Ann Collins sits with two Koori elders, a police prosecutor, the Koori corrections officer, the court's Koori justice worker and the offender, who is introduced to everyone. Only those who plead guilty to offences less serious than domestic violence, and who want to participate, come before the Koori Court. Once they do, they're encouraged to explain their actions, as are attending friends and relatives. Collins' sentencing options, including jail time...
...there is much less of an excuse the athletic department can make in the case of former head men’s hockey coach Ronn Tomassoni. Tomassoni was a longtime assistant coach under the legendary William J. Cleary Jr. ’56, and he was on the bench when the Crimson won its only National Championship...
...wide receiver on the football team, donned a costume astronaut helmet and bright blue jacket from the drop of the first puck during the men’s tournament run through their celebration after winning the Whitelaw Cup as conference champions. After mercilessly taunting the Vermont fans and bench with the repeated chant “elephant walk”—a reference to the hazing scandal resulted in a year-long suspension of the school’s hockey program—Gordon traveled to Providence and then Upstate New York, where he managed to squeeze...
...April 14 to May 8. "It was a quite natural continuation of what I do," says Betak, who has no plans to give up his work for the runway. Named for its construction in highly polished, heavy Lucite, Clear de Betak consists of a bookcase ($7,800) and a bench covered in supple black leather ($6,000). Both pieces demonstrate the same mischievous quality as Betak's notorious runway creations. A trichromatic lighting system makes it possible to change the color of each unit with the turn of a knob. And best of all, says Betak, "when the bookcase...
...rainy Sunday in May 2003, longtime Harvard baseball coach Joe Walsh inspected his dwindling bench and called out Frank Herrmann’s name on a wing and a prayer...