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When he was 17, Genarlow Wilson had been his high school's homecoming king, a football star and the recipient of an academic scholarship. But after being arrested for allowing a 15-year old girl to perform oral sex on him, he was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison, plus lifetime registration as a sex offender. Now he is at the center of a heated legislative battle in the Georgia state senate to rewrite the law under which he was convicted in 2005. Public reaction to his imprisonment led to the passage in 2006 of a so-called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should a Teen Sex Offender Go Free? | 2/20/2007 | See Source »

...earn an I.B. diploma, students must prove written and spoken proficiency in a second language, write a 4,000-word college-level research paper, complete a real-world service project and pass rigorous oral and written subject exams. Courses offer an international perspective, so even a lesson on the American Revolution will interweave sources from Britain and France with views from the Founding Fathers. "We try to build something we call international mindedness," says Jeffrey Beard, director general of the International Baccalaureate Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. "These are students who can grasp issues across national borders. They have an understanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in two cases challenging the constitutionality of school desegregation programs. A ruling may not come for several months. The Nov. 30 news article "Panel: Race Still Relevant" incorrectly said that the ruling would come on Monday...

Author: By Brenda C. Maldonado, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel: Race Still Relevant | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...answered questions about federal jurisdiction; and Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Ryan Goodman, whose arguments on Common Article III of the Geneva Convention were ultimately adopted by the Court. Katyal said that Tribe and Meltzer helped him practice before the actual oral arguments. After one session in which Tribe told him that his case was strong substantively but his performance a bit weak, Katyal hired a former “Cheers” actor for stage training. “The guy came in and said, ‘Practice your oral argument in front...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Prof. Praises Guantanamo Case | 11/21/2006 | See Source »

Beyond creating courses in public speaking, it is also imperative that oral expression be further incorporated into the curriculum. This can easily be accomplished through assigning students more interactive activities, such as presentations and even an occasional speech. It is also accomplished when sections are truly interactive and discussion-based so that no student can get away with sitting in the corner in silence. Such adjustments can be made in time to affect spring courses...

Author: By Reva P. Minkoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Overcoming Glossophobia | 11/16/2006 | See Source »

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