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...21st century college campus is probably the least-hospitable environment for antiquated shows of social inequality. Be it the youthful spirit of progressivism, the rebellious disposition of young adults, or simply an ignorance of the realist demands of life not-yet-faced, college students do not have a reputation for sitting still amidst social injustice. The “Z-list” is one example of an institutional structure designed with little concern for socially equitable outcomes that has met with considerable animosity in recent months...
Zachary A. Young is finishing his sophomore year at Stuyvesant High School in New York, but unlike most high school sophomores, Young will be coming to Harvard in the fall as a member of the Class...
Having already exhausted all the math and science courses at his school, Young, a fast-talking math enthusiast, thought he'd give himself some options. So he applied for college—as anyone in his situation would, we suppose—and was accepted to Harvard, MIT, and Caltech...
...gruesome murder of two-year-old James Bulger. Now, nine years since his release, Venables is back in custody, and the public demands to know the reason. The questions that surface query the criminal’s right to anonymity as well as appropriate prison sentences for those so young. The attention and high emotion that surround such cases certainly destroy notions of impartiality and make the potential for a fair trial extremely difficult...
...create pressure for an unusually harsh sentence. However, such emotion, triggered for example by video evidence of Venables sobbing inconsolably for hours on end, can also create sympathy for excessive lenience. Despite such strong and opposing beliefs founded upon Venables’s and Thompson’s young ages, the legal age for criminal responsibility in England is 10 years old, and psychiatrists ruled that both the children could distinguish between right and wrong. In spite of general cries for vengeance and dismay over the seemingly lenient eight-year sentence, many murderers do not in fact serve much longer...