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...judge in Houston, Ted Poe, aims to do something about that. He ruled last month that PBS's Frontline could film jury deliberations in the trial of Cedric Harrison, 17, who faces the death penalty for allegedly killing a man during a carjacking. But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals last week suspended jury selection, known as voir dire, to consider the prosecution's argument that cameras in the jury room would distort both the makeup of the panel and its later discussions about the case. Fourteen of the 110 potential jurors from surrounding Harris County had expressed discomfort about...
...prolific writer, Black has published nine books and over 150 articles in magazines, including The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s and Rolling Stone. He has received an Emmy nomination and Golden Globe nomination for “Law & Order,” three Edgar Allan Poe Award nominations and a Pulitzer Prize nomination. He has won numerous awards, including the Writers’ Guild of America award for his feature The Confession, as well as Playboy’s Best Article of the Year Award...
...invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids—and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, because people refuse...
...most amusing of these is "Tobermory," adapted by Gabrielle Bell from a story by H.H. Munro, about a housecat who, upon being taught to speak, reveals its owner's most embarrassing secrets. Fantastic animals become a kind of sub-theme, as in David Lasky's adaptation of E.A. Poe's "The Raven." Testing the definition of a comic, instead of containing distinct images, the panels themselves form a picture when viewed as a whole. "Orchid" splendidly mixes modern comix storytelling with a bygone era's mastery of prose and atmosphere...
Last week, Lowell House Senior Tutor Marshall T. Poe announced his decision to resign at the end of this academic year. Poe cited a disagreement between himself and Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 over the appropriate role of the Allston Burr Senior Tutor in the House community. Poe said he believed that a senior tutor should be first and foremost involved in student life as an advisor and counselor, whereas the College saw the job as primarily administrative. With Poe’s resignation and the recent appointment of five new senior tutors...