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...rowing,” Wintner said. “Being a successful rower consists of mastering one motion by doing it thousands of times a day, trying to perfect it, and the other part of it is trying to improve your fitness. What in other sports is constituted as punishment??in rowing, it’s practice.”After 12 years playing competitive hockey in Canada, the world’s ice hockey mecca, it’s no surprise Wintner is a master of discipline. Wintner got his start on the ice when...
Some students, faculty, and administrators believe that black people are subject to disproportionate suspicion, monitoring, and punishment??not only in America generally, where the fact is well-known, but also in the heart of educated, progressive Harvard. Although the feeling is by no means new, the Harvard campus has been reluctant or even unwilling to address this issue, even when events like last month’s “Quad incident” remind many of how far Harvard...
...interlocks is necessary because “the threat of arrest and punishment??is no longer working” to discourage drunk driving, according to officials cited by the Times. Of course, this article goes on to state that the number of alcohol-related fatalities has remained steady over the past decade. Given that the number of cars on the road and the number of miles driven have increased, this means that the number of fatalities per car and per mile—more pertinent statistics—have declined...
...question that the crimes Williams was convicted of were horrific, Williams’ reformation in jail was remarkable and could have served as a model for other prisoners. It is morally reprehensible that the death penalty still exists in a country that disavows “cruel and unusual punishment?? in its very constitution. The death penalty exists today as a grisly spectacle meant to soothe the retributive minds of a majority of Americans as much as it does to deter potential violent criminals from committing crimes. But punishment should not be tailored to the electorate. Rather...
...escalating use of violence against civil rights activists, Vietnam War protesters, and “hippies” of all stripes. Released to almost universal derision, the film’s recent DVD reissue, by Project X and New Yorker Video, endeavors to expose “Punishment?? to the large audience it so richly deserves. The film is shot in the style of a documentary, but the events it depicts belong to an imaginary dystopian future. Political dissent has been criminalized and suspected dissidents are arrested and prosecuted without consideration for due process. Once convicted (and they...