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Seats for the speech were lotteried and 20 students chosen at random to attend...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eminent Social Theorist Speaks | 10/29/1997 | See Source »

...developed a model which could show the overall probability for error [in HIV testing] which takes into account both random error and window error," said Eugene Litvak, senior research associate in the Department of Health Policy and Management...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Kass, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Blood From High-Risk AIDS Areas May Be Safer | 10/28/1997 | See Source »

According to Litvak, this so-called window error was discovered several years ago. Scientists had previously thought that random error was the only factor to blame for inaccuracies in test results...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Kass, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Blood From High-Risk AIDS Areas May Be Safer | 10/28/1997 | See Source »

This lays the groundwork for a futuristic, Brave New World setting in which one's DNA establishes one's lot in life. Births now happen two ways: by natural conception with parents playing the game of random chance, or by predetermining the child's genetic makeup--in effect, creating the perfect child. Hawke plays Vincent Freeman (the name's assuredly not the result of random chance), a "natural" (or an "In-Valid," as they're called, to distinguish from the "Valid" genetic elite) confronting a society where his kind are relegated to grunt work...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Gattaca' Paints Sobering, Visually Stylish Picture of Brave New World | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

...whack Roulleau with his baton. His presence, at once menacing and amusing, keeps the audience on its toes. As the theatergoer who must suffer for our sins, Roulleau at first nonchalantly flouts the court's authority, making the audience wonder whether he really has been chosen as a random victim. Farley brings a slightly over-the-top vehemence to the role of Clamence...

Author: By Joshua Derman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No Exit: Insightful Student-Written Play Shows Audience Complicity | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

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