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...second postwar phenomenon that may contribute to this American trend is suburbia -- mass shootings by high schoolers appear to be confined to mostly white, suburban schools, rather than the inner city communities more commonly plagued by gun violence. "Violence in minority neighborhoods and schools tends to be gang- and drug-related," says TIME correspondent Elaine Rivera. "In suburbia, though, it appears to be influenced by intense alienation and isolation, combined with easy access to guns and a culture that teaches kids, in everything from movies to foreign policy, that violence is a valid means of resolving problems." The isolation...
...role as Helen, the perky secretary who remains nonplussed in spite of the crazy demands placed on her by the writers and who dreams of joining them one day. Rounding out the supporting cast was Marisa Chandler '99 as Carol, holding her own as the only woman in a gang of men, and William Maskiell '99 the "boy genius" Kenny...
...Jane supposed to be reality for the all-grown up Sassy gang? Are we to interpret it as the next logical step? Sassy made the world seem, to me, like a very small place--like a neighborhood filled with sisters who could give you a few pointers along the way and tell you if you had toilet paper stuck to the bottom of your shoe. Looking at the world through the magazine's rose-tinted cat-eye glasses convinced me to hang in there, that new ideas and a hip new world were around every bend. Maybe I was just...
...Jackson Ave. at 46th Avenue, Queens. (718-784-2084): Back in the '70s, the city gave this rundown school building to a gang of artists that included Richard Serra and Gordon Matta-Clark. Renovated and reopened a year ago, the space features a combination of wacky, esoteric and often striking contemporary art. A recent merger with MoMA may or may not blunt its edge...
Still, the proximity of flesh-and-blood company probably counts for something. Which is probably why the lawyer of another Supermax inmate--Luis Felipe, boss of the Latin Kings street gang--has successfully requested to have his client placed among the bombers. When Felipe was in a New York prison, where communication was much less restrained, he allegedly managed to organize gangland hits in the outside world. Hence his transfer to the imposed silence of Supermax. All that, however, has been debilitating, says Felipe's lawyer, Lawrence Feitell. "His power of speech is deteriorating." Could this murderous quartet become Four...