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When Adolf Eichmann was tried in Jerusalem nine years ago, he sat inside a bulletproof glass booth. The idea was to protect him from a possible assassin in the courtroom-and it inspired Actor Robert Shaw to write a successful play called The Man in the Glass Booth. Now American jurists are considering a similar booth, made of plastic. Here, however, the idea is to protect the court from the defendant...
Preston opened the door, and Ronald C. Hill '73 sounded the alarm which notified the entry's occupants. Robert A. Booth '73, whose suite adjoins the stockroom, saw his living room fill with smoke, and ran to Grays Hall to notify University Police...
...stand in a waterfall, or take a "shower" of refreshing air. Or plop into an egg-shaped easy chair and catch a minute's snooze. Or sit in a moss-covered booth and cast your I Ching. The idea behind these and other "Contemplation Environments," currently on display at Manhattan's Museum of Contemporary Crafts, is to provide a peaceful corner in the bustle of city life where any and all might stop for a moment to think, muse, daydream or simply enjoy a quiet interlude. That prospect alone was enough to make New Yorkers venture...
...banality of evil. Hannah Arendt's trenchant comment on Jerusalem's Man in the Glass Booth springs easily to mind in contemplating the appalling horror of Pinkville...
...especially shocked some observers when he left the stands during this year's 24-10 loss to Dartmouth with more than a minute left. We were only 14 points behind, and Frank left! He didn't go to the dressing room, and he didn't seek out a telephone booth or storage room, he just left. But if this is Frank Champi's attitude, maybe a new star will fill the void this year, like Joe Roda or Dave Smith. Or Ralph Cahaly. Lots of Mickey Mouse from the band today, but the Crimson will be the winner...