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...first proposal for using injected drugs as a form of capital punishment came in the late 19th century, when a New York commission on capital punishment included the suggestion that the method might prove more humane than hanging. According to Robert M. Bohm, a professor at the University of Central Florida who has written extensively on capital punishment, the proposal was rejected over concerns it would lead the public to associate the hypodermic needle - only recently introduced as an important medical tool - with death. During World War II, lethal injection was part of the Nazis' chilling arsenal of methods...
...individuals don’t have a lot of influence in policy,” Braxton said. “There ought to be social sanctions and social incentives.” The other two panelists, C. Shawn McGuffey, professor of sociology at Boston College, and Craig Norberg-Bohm, coordinator for Men’s Initiative for Jane Doe, Inc., were more in the nurture camp. “We have to learn how to kill, how to take power,” Norberg-Bohm said. These speakers emphasized the importance of child-raising, while acknowledging the difficulty in overcoming...
Without question, the major turning point in my life was in 1954, the first time I heard Karl Bohm and the Vienna Philharmonic. I went into what I think is the finest concert hall in the world, the Musikverein of Vienna, and heard one of the great orchestras play Brahms. I didn't know such a sound existed...
...Crimson, there was a letter written by Martha Bohm and Dalton Courson in response to a report by Chris McEvoy attributing the lack of school spirit (especially at the Beanpot) to the University Band. I feel Mr. McEvoy couldn't have been more on target with his criticism. After the Beanpot, I considered writing an editorial, speaking to the same issue, but refrained for fear that this is still a serious issue not resolved by the flimsy excuses presented by Ms. Bohm and Mr. Courson...
Therefore, it strikes us as both unfair and wrong for a Crimson reporter to use the Harvard Band as a segue to yet another diatribe on school spirit. --Martha Bohm '98, manager, Dalton Courson '98, drum major, Harvard University Band