Word: conviction
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...editorial claims the council's "trial" of Burton was "ill equipped" and yet it has the audacity to convict Burton based on its own trial and on behalf of the student body it previously claimed should be the sole judge of whether Burton's actions merited removal from office. From what oracle does The Crimson derive its authority to speak on behalf of the student body? The Crimson is confident in its assumption that students mistrust the Undergraduate Council's current administration; I am as confident that the student body mistrusts The Crimson's presumption in these matters...
David Twohy: Interscope told me they had a script with an interesting concept-a ship crash lands on a planet, there doesn't appear to be any life at first, but then we find that the life is nocturnal. Actually, in the early drafts, we had a female convict. I was tired of movies like Lost in Space and Starship Troopers; they're basically just white guys in space. I like the Muslim contingent in the movie. They're devout Muslims, and they're not terrorists...
...after this disturbing discovery is made that things get really intense. This is not just because it's getting dark (although things obviously do get a little scarier). The real tension is found among the group that survived the initial crash landing. A deal is made to make the convict Riddick a full partner in the group. You can imagine the issues of trust and mistrust that are going to come up here...
Under cover of night, a white bus marked SHERIFF PRISONER TRANSPORT pulls into a sprawling concrete compound with a cargo of new fish--convict slang for first-timers. The passengers are segregated by iron grilles into minimum-, medium- and maximum-security seating. They cannot see the shadowy outline of the snow-capped Wasatch mountains because the only windows on the bus are narrow and situated high above their heads. The bus lurches to a stop, and an officer cheerily calls out, "Welcome to jail. Does anyone want to be handcuffed...
Then comes the highlight of the evening--and Robert's best chance to scare his son straight. An officer in a yellow inmate outfit and red helmet and pads begins shouting in cell 3C06, as if he's a convict gone berserk. On cue, four officers in riot gear march to the door of the cell and shout, "Ready and stop!", before one unleashes a burst of pepper spray. Then they rush in, pinning the prisoner to the wall, handcuffing and evacuating...