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...knew he could handle the training. He videotaped himself doing rigorous 20-minute workouts to show that he wouldn't slow down his unit. He even drafted a letter to President Bush asking him to intervene. Genevie never sent it because the Army eventually let him in. His mother Patricia found the letter among his things a few days after he died...
...first facility at the University of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Facility, was opened on a three-acre site in Knoxville in 1971 by noted anthropologist William Bass. Prolific crime writer Patricia Cornwell popularly dubbed it a "body farm" in her novel of the same name. Bass himself has co-written a series of best-selling novels set on the farm; the first, Carved in Bone, was described as "southern-fried forensics" by Kirkus Reviews...
...been resident dean since 2005, will leave Currier to take a position as the director of studies at Princeton’s Whitman College, the school’s newly added sixth residential college. His announcement comes as the College scrambles to find replacements for current Masters Patricia O’Brien and Joseph L. Badaracco, who are set to step down in June.Some students and residents have expressed disappointment and frustration with the search to find new masters. The College has not appointed a formal advisory committee for the search, but students and residential tutors are informally involved...
...April 24 “Facing Animals” colloquium, this scenario is presented as one of many to explore the controversial nuances of ethical animal treatment. “I think our intuitions provide clear direction. We ought to torture the horse,” says Patricia Herzog, panelist and author. Not all panelists agree: Martha C. Nussbaum, a professor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago Law School, recounts a “happy story” about an Asian elephant at the Bronx zoo (named “Happy”) that liked to look...
...vegetarians are available.” The panel also said that change could begin in the classroom. “If I were a Harvard student today, I would seriously consider taking up ethics and animals as an area of study, independent research, or thesis,” said Patricia Herzog, a former professor at Brandeis University. The discussion was intended to present a critical look at how humans perceive themselves in relation to animals, and what they can do to ethically treat animals. Panelists also criticized the argument that humans should be held to a different standard from animals...