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...believe that this was a mass murder. First of all, there were over 200 children who could not have formed the intent to commit suicide. Second, Jim Jones had isolated his people and conditioned them through suicide rehearsals and mock sieges to accept death. Third, he orchestrated the events on that final day so that the outcome was never in doubt. He had gunmen go shoot the Congressman. Then he turned around to his followers, once he got news the Congressman was dead, and announced it. He said, now some among us have done something that's going to cause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: A Jonestown Survivor Remembers | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

...crisscrossing paths in Harvard Yard hardly serve as mock runways for College students, who tend to be more concerned with problem sets and theses than the latest collections from Paris and Milan. Timothy M. Parent ’09 hopes to change this through Project East, a fashion show featuring Asian and Asian-American designers now in its second year. Recognizing a gap in his college experience, Parent took the initiative to bring high fashion to Harvard, satisfying his own interests while also providing valuable opportunities for Asian designers and his fellow students. Parent has always had a love...

Author: By Ali R. Leskowitz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SPOTLIGHT: Timothy M. Parent '09 | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...touch a lot more lives.” I nodded at all of this. Chris spoke with incredible fluency, not an “um” or “like” in sight. He had good posture. He made eye contact. No surprise, he was continuing mock trial and speech and debate at the college level. Sitting across from him on the futon, I felt a little hunched and inarticulate. What exactly did he want to do as president? I asked. What kinds of changes did he want to make? “A theme...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett | Title: Kids Who Would Be King | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

...Barack Obama, on the other hand, does not lend himself to parody. The good-looking golden boy who inspires with his oratory and swishes threes on the basketball court can be pretty difficult to mock...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: The End of an Era | 11/6/2008 | See Source »

Without a single mention of Joe the Plumber, four undergraduate residents of Quincy House took the stage in the House’s dining hall and fielded questions in a mock presidential debate last night. More than 40 people listened to Grant W. Dasher ’09, Matthew P. Cavedon ’11, Elizabeth B. Graber ’11, and Ari R. Hoffman ’10 answer questions posed to them by Eric B. Lomazoff, the Quincy House resident tutor in government. The debaters opened the evening with thanks to the moderator and the hosts...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Quincy Hosts Mock Debate | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

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