Word: civics
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...written. That Danilewitz's editorials could cause a dissension of thought is a credit to The Crimson rather than a weakness. Not only is it interesting for readers to have the editorial page as a forum for all view-points; it is a necessity for free and open civic society and debate...
...dozen possible lock combinations (having forgotten hers), only to be bitterly disappointed by the usual array of phone bills and overdue library fines. Just as she was about to throw the vast majority of the pile away, however, she noticed an envelope emblazoned with the words "JURY DUTY: YOUR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY." The date of summons was June 16. D. had committed no crime, yet D. was summarily screwed...
...been summoned before. Several months earlier, while vegetating in her winter palace in north-central New Jersey, D. had been called to appear at trial in Newark, where she had been sentenced to a minimum of one week, eight hours each day, of civic responsibility. At the time, uninterested in forfeiting her life for seven days or more, D. had written to the summons office to claim her hardship: she would be taking exams at that time. Besides, having made the mistake of showing up at an IOP event her sophomore year, she had accidentally registered herself as a Massachusetts...
...care at all about D.'s resident alien status or her sly ways of dodging her civic responsibility. "It says right on the form," the man said gruffly, "that you don't need to be a resident to get jury duty. So long as you reside here more than 50 percent of the year." D. quickly reviewed the arithmetic. Yes, nine months did indeed constitute more than 50 percent of the year. She was trapped...
...from Cambridge via several T-lines and the Commuter Rail. Yes, D. was required by law to appear in court, on a yet-to-be-determined date, somewhere near New Hampshire at 8:30 a.m. Several months later, D. found herself sweltering under the executioner's axe, trapped by civic responsibility...