Word: entryways
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...right along; he hears three or four cases a day, disposes of 15 a week. The day begins at 9:30 or 10, when the judge, clad in his black robe, enters his small, drab courtroom through its single door. White says he deplores the lack of a private entryway to his chambers; it means he has to come in the same way as spectators, lawyers, witnesses, defendants, everybody. Only a few feet of space separates the lawyers from the bench. That is not enough for histrionics, but then there is no jury to sway. There is only Judge White...
Whether students follow these directives is another matter. Some Houses are holding entryway parties--at which alcohol is served--rather than happy hours...
...building's entryway, a large photograph of L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology's founder, looks out into the room. Hubbard grew up in Tilden, Nebraska and founded dianetics in 1950 after a number of years as a science fiction writer and a stint with the Navy in World War II. According to Velona, Hubbard "affirmed to himself that man is a spiritual being. Whereas dianetics had dealt just with the mind, Hubbard realized it branched off into more of a spiritual philosophy." The first Church of Scientology was founded in Washington in 1954. Hubbard headed the faith until...
Screwdriver in hand, Andy Kasper stands back and purveys his work. Kasper, a senior in Kirkland House, has undertaken the task of transforming his N-entryway suite into a disco--"The Jamaican Lounge"--complete with raised dance floor, pecan wood paneling, stereo cabinet and loft with furry leonine carpeting...
...puffs reflectively on a corncob pipe. The moveable floor, he explains, is raised on pine two-by-fours set in an octagonal shape. The surface--1/4 in. plexiglas inlaid in 3/4 in. plywood--will have multi-colored lightbulbs forming the letter "N" underneath it to stand for "N" entryway, of course. Kasper plans to control the floor set-up with, as he puts it, "a very advanced light control system...