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...believed that the bill initially proposed by the administration was unconstitutional. The administration has been pushing for legislation on the treatment of detainees since a Supreme Court decision in June struck down the military tribunal system used in Guantanamo to try terror suspects. An HLS third-year student, Britton A. Schwartz, told the audience that the recent measure “leaves Guantanamo in its status as a legal black hole.” Deborah A. Popowski, a member of HLS Advocates for Human Rights and second-year student at HLS, claimed the bill “leaves ample room...

Author: By Carolyn F. Gaebler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HLS Students Stage Funeral | 10/6/2006 | See Source »

...biggest problems, however, may be ethical and constitutional. For now, improved lie detection is likely to have broad public support. But what about when it reaches more surreptitiously into our lives? Biophysicist Britton Chance of the University of Pennsylvania has explored ways to use infrared light projected from a distance to penetrate the skull, looking for signs of stress similar to the ones fMRIs detect. Both that and remote periorbital thermography could be used undetectably in airport lines to spot high-stress passengers. Whether that stress is caused by the bomb you're concealing or the fact you're running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Spot a Liar | 8/20/2006 | See Source »

...It’s an indication of the different attitudes that people take,” says Britton R. Tullo ’06, a veteran of the recruiting process who says she laughed with her friends as some students sprinted to get in line at the event last Wednesday, sponsored by the Office of Career Services (OCS). “There are certainly a lot of people who take it as like a personal competition...

Author: By Liz C. Goodwin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Spiff Up for Recruiters | 9/26/2005 | See Source »

Morocco also made an extra point on Friday, although his was slightly less convincing as it glanced off the crossbar before going through the uprights. Freshman Doug Britton, who did not see action on Friday, will also be part of the competition...

Author: By David H. Stearns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fitzpatrick, Mazza In Midseason Form | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

Barnes also says, “Skillful liars intrigue me”—accordingly, her fictional Harvard is rife with them. After reading Deep Pockets, Britton R. Tullo ’06 comments, “I think Harvard could use more scandal. But maybe not scandal like this...

Author: By Annie M. Lowrey, | Title: Investigating Harvard | 5/6/2004 | See Source »

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