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...also see something new. China's rapidly expanding media have included a proliferation of tabloid newspapers and reality cop shows. Just as Americans believed violent media images were partly to blame for the 1999 school massacre in Columbine, Colorado, Chinese law-enforcement specialists see a link between the recent rash of killings and the violent messages delivered by newspapers and movies. "It seems that the day after crimes appear in the media, someone will imitate it," says Kang Shuhua, director of the criminology research center at Peking University...
...months ago, this page praised the organizations responsible for campus safety, including HUPD and the CPD, for their significant strides toward making Harvard’s environs substantially safer, especially after the rash of indecent assaults during the previous school year. And three months into the school year, the rate of high profile, violent and harassing crimes has dropped noticeably. Still, last week’s robbery serves as a reminder that security at Harvard should not neglect any part of campus—and that students must use a little common sense if they find themselves looking down...
...added impetus of a series of sexual assaults over the past year, the city government has been excruciatingly slow in making safety on the Cambridge Common a priority. While poor lighting and a lack of emergency callboxes make a walk through the park unnecessarily dangerous, not even the rash of gropings over the past year could convince Cambridge to shell out the cash for security upgrades. The UC maintains an official liaison to the City of Cambridge, but the sluggish pace of the negotiations only underlines the need for a directly-elected Harvard affiliate with governmental power. A year after...
MEANWHILE IN THE U.S. ? Cheesy Imitations News that a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich purported to bear an image of the Virgin Mary (pictured) drew a bid of millions on eBay spawned a rash of copycat snacks. Available for cyber-bids: a replica Virgin Mary sandwich; a festive Christmas tree sandwich; an agnostic sandwich; and, of course, an Elvis Lives sandwich - which had trouble hitting its starting bid of $400, perhaps because, as its seller concedes, it really looks more like James Dean...
Safety became an increased concern on campus last winter following a rash of indecent assaults. A few incidents occurred this fall as well...