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...Despite that, Marzolf and others say the documentary demonstrates how a television-studio setting - with cameras, a pushy host and an audience that erupts at times with shouts of "Punishment!" - may be ideal for robbing individuals of their will. "For the past 10 years, most commercial channels have used humiliation, violence and cruelty to create increasingly extreme programs," Nick says in one of his voice-overs. "[Future] television can - without possible opposition - organize the death of a person as entertainment, and 8 out of 10 people will submit to that." (See "Reality TV at 10: How It's Changed Television...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Game of Death: France's Shocking TV Experiment | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

Coming off of its best start in three seasons, the Harvard baseball team has so far fulfilled predictions for strong performances on the mound. Unfortunately, this past weekend saw the squad drop two out of three games at the Metrodome Tournament in Minneapolis, Minn...

Author: By Madeleine Smith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Starts Strong But Falters At Metrodome | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

...going to bring,” captain Alex Biega said. “They’re a very gifted team, strong size-wise, and they’re difficult to play. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find the offensive flair we’ve had in years past and in recent games. It was obviously a great disappointment to the team to end the way it did, but that’s really the way the game goes sometimes...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Hockey Blanked by Cornell, Season Over | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

...banks, being targeted for arson. Sporadic explosions began on Monday night. "This is nothing," said Setareh, a 25-year-old graduate student in English studies, the night before the festival. Tuesday, she predicted, "will feel like you're in Gaza." Police in Tehran have attributed several deaths over the past few days to faulty fireworks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Iran, a Street Demonstration That Both Sides Stay Away From | 3/16/2010 | See Source »

...past 31 years, the rulers of the Islamic Republic of Iran have attempted to diminish the public's attachment to these holidays. Last week, the Friday-prayers leader in the seminary city of Qom, Ayatullah Reza Ostadi, said Chaharshanbe Suri "is no different from other days, and, given that the outsiders of the establishment have heavily invested in this day, we must turn our backs on it." Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei echoed those sentiments, issuing a statement on his website Sunday in which, in reference to the celebration, he wrote that it has "no basis in shari'a [Islamic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Iran, a Street Demonstration That Both Sides Stay Away From | 3/16/2010 | See Source »

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