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...Cave herself, she also worried about the jurors, four of whom weren't yet 30 years old. At one point during the trial a young juror cried softly all day. Soon after the verdict Cave begin researching the issue of juror counseling, and what she found was not much comfort. Jury counseling, or debriefing as it is sometimes called, has been used in several high-profile cases including the trial of Jeffrey Dahmer and the Oklahoma City bombing case, according to the National Center for State Courts in Arlington, Va. But there is no institutionalized system at either the state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting Jurors on the Couch | 4/10/2007 | See Source »

...material in a format that most people were familiar with. Therefore, they modeled their “social sculpture” on the neighborhood video rental store, and the work of art was that people could walk in, check out a video for free, and watch it in the comfort of their own homes.One of the artists’ few mandates is that the exhibit must stay for at least three months in each of its destination cities, and the host gallery must organize free public screenings. Several Harvard professors and students, as well as visitors from...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: E-Flux Video Experiment Closes Up Shop | 4/6/2007 | See Source »

...book is in some ways a higher brow cousin of CollegeHumor.com’s “Faking It,” a manual for how to talk about things, specifically books, about which you are ignorant. It is a book that provides validation and comfort for non-readers, arguing that people feel unnecessary guilt for not having read a book.Bayard is attempting to alleviate their guilt and give them the tools to avoid feeling excluded from the book-reading community.While I’m skeptical of the logic of a book that argues against reading, Bayard is onto...

Author: By Madeline K.B. Ross, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: You’ve Read ‘Gravity’s Rainbow’? Bullshit | 4/6/2007 | See Source »

...Tokyo in 2001 after a web-hosting company he started in France collapsed in the dotcom crash. It was a bitter experience, and he says he has no intention of ever returning. "France is like a restaurant where the food is fantastic, the best of everything, but the comfort and the service are zero, zero, zero - and the bill is exorbitant," says Deguest, 37. "I love France, but in small doses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The French Exodus | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...Adams undoubtedly interspersed their justified excitement with sighs of relief, as those “Quadded” unfortunates concealed their profound disappointment with airy-fairy promises of “community.” On Housing Day, there is seemingly no sadness—there is only the comfort and contentment of knowing your next three years will be spent alongside House-mates similarly imbued with a proud sense of “spirit...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: The Spirit Is Weak | 4/2/2007 | See Source »

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