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History and Literature concentrator Mary D. Garrison '86 is writing her thesis on an extension of the subject she wants to pursue in graduate school--the Middle Ages. This year, her work focuses on the social implications of changing attitudes toward beards in the 12th century...
...thesis is a chance to learn a lot about a topic I'm interested in and to test out my own ideas," says Garrison. "My aim is to show how something that is a basic part of life--beards--can also be related to the structure of society...
...Garrison adds, "At first I was worried that other people wouldn't take my topic seriously. I was getting desperate in my search for a subject and I got the idea when I reread an article on 11th and 12th century fashion changes. A few days later, I was inspired to actually write about beards after I heard a lecture by a Princeton historian...
...quarantine an AIDS victim. An accused prostitute, she has been equipped with one of the new devices and was awaiting arraignment last week in the custody of her mother. "We needed to get her out of the jail because of real or imagined contagion," says Florida Judge Edward Garrison, who has championed use of the technology in his state...
...prisoner has strayed more than 150 ft. or so from his house. The computer can be programmed to allow travel to and from work, and authorities still perform occasional spot checks to watch for tampering and to verify with the employer that the parolee actually shows up. Says Garrison: "If there is anything wrong with this program, we have not found...