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...with this added convenience, of course, has come the need for some regulation, a code of conduct, some controlling authority which is sorely lacking. There's nothing worse than the crush of students in line at kiosks between classes in the Science Center or at Boylston, where the line snakes so hellishly far out of the hallway that it blocks the stairs. It's impossible to prevent this kind of traffic jam, but common courtesy would help alleviate it. By standards much less severe than those of Mayor Guiliani, the typical e-mail check at a kiosk should be brief...
...They are going to be awesome next year," said Miller. "It will come down to chemistry. But they will have more talent, and they will be very strong. They should crush people...
...pretty extensive exposure to all things sordid, but most of them were probably not prepared for what they heard and saw this week. On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee?s crime panel heard testimony from animal rights activists pushing for criminal penalties for traffickers of animal "squish" or "crush" movies. According to the Associated Press, the films, which feature the graphic torture and death of animals, are part of what one witness called a multimillion-dollar, worldwide industry. "It?s time to stop this windfall," said Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Ca.), the sponsor of the bill that would make...
...With all the well-funded causes filling up their hearing rooms, will Congress take the proliferation of animal crush films seriously? TIME senior writer Frederic Golden thinks so. "It?s not surprising to me at all that these movies are making it into Congressional hearings," he says. "The animal-rights movement is gaining a lot of momentum in the U.S., and they?ve got enormous support in Congress." But there is one obstacle the backers of the bill may not be able to jump over. "This is a classic First Amendment situation," says TIME senior reporter Alain Sanders. "The problem...
SENTENCED. JONATHAN SCHMITZ, 29, Jenny Jones Show guest convicted of murdering Scott Amedure, who revealed on the show that he had a crush on Schmitz; to 25 to 50 years in prison; in Pontiac, Mich. Schmitz's first conviction was overturned on appeal...