Jack Baxter
Current Event
December 15th
Forensics
Kolata, Gina. “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/health/otto-warmbier-north-korea-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
The Article “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms” written by Gina Kolata talks about Otto Warmbier and what happened to him and what was reported by the coroner's office. Otto F. Warmbier was the college student that was held in North Korea for allegedly trying to steal a propaganda poster. He was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for his alleged crime. The North Koreans claim that his condition was caused by sleeping pills and botulism. But his parents are claiming that he was greatly tortured by the North Koreans. He died six days after being returned to the US. Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco was the coroner who performed the autopsy on the body. She could not find any signs of torture but at the same time she couldn’t rule it out as a possibility. “There are a lot of horrible things you can do to a human body that don’t leave external signs behind.” she said. She has stated that the most frustrating thing about this whole ordeal is the lack of what happened to him in North Korea.
This Article was brought to my attention because it is something that is going on in our world and something that people should be aware of. We don’t always hear of these things but at this time with everything that is going on between North Korea and the US it feel important that people hear this. The forensic science was done by Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco as she looked through the body she looked at the teeth as well as many other things to look for signs of torture.
This article was well written and a good read. I thought that is was a little lengthy but when you started to get bored of reading it something new popped up and made you want to continue. The title could have been a bit different. The title I personally feel like gave off that they were only going to be talking about the brain damage but if you actually read the article you learn that that is not true. It was overall a good read and I enjoyed it very much.
16 comments:
Maggie Miller
December 19th, 2017
Forensics A/B Odd
Current Event 12 comment
Kolata, Gina. “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/health/otto-warmbier-north-korea-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Jack Baxter submitted a review of the article “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms” from the New York Times. The article is about a college student, Otto Warmbier, who allegedly tried to steal a propaganda poster. Jack did a great job opening up his connection to society, most people simply regurgitate the current event rubric with “this article is relevant because,” however Jack opened up with why this article was so important to him and caught his attention, which I found to be unique and enjoyable. Also, Jack went into detail listing multiple suggestions for improvement about the article that I haven’t read in other current events; for example, he even critiqued the title. Lastly, I liked that Jack also focused on Otto Warmbier as a person, describing how this timeline of events impacted his life.
However, I felt this review was slightly unrelated, it lacked the inclusion of forensics and crime scene analysis. Also, Jack only chose to include one quote, which again was not relevant to our class and was an elaboration of his focus on the individual's life.
While this article was slightly off topic, it was still relevant to our lives and I found it interesting to read. We often hear stories about cases like this, but never about someone our age, nor is it ever told where the individual is of much significance.
Hayley Berry
December 19th, 2017
Forensics A/B Odd
Current Event 12 Comment
Kolata, Gina. “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/health/otto-warmbier-north-korea-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
For this current event I read a review written by Jack Baxter of an article called “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms”. It was written by the New York Times. It was about a college student, Otto Warmbier, who tried to steal a propaganda poster. Jack did a excellent job with giving a lot of detail in the description of the article. Another thing that I thought Jack did well on was the hook at the beginning of the review because it really was intriguing. Lastly, I thought that Jack did a great job of incorporating his own view of the article into the review and made suggestions and comments on parts that he liked and disliked.
One thing that I thought Jack could have chosen a better article for our forensics class because it was somewhat connected to science but I thought it could have been better. Another thing that I thought Jack could have done a better job on was the amount of detail he put into the second paragraph. I thought that he could have put a little more context into it to make it more interesting.
Overall, I thought that the review was very interesting and taught be a lot of things that I did not know before. I did not learn so much about forensic science but I did learn about what happened to the college student in North Korea which was very sad.
This week I read Jack Baxters review of “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms” written by Gina Kolata. It has to do with Otto Warmbier and what happened to him and what was reported by the coroner's office. He was a college student who was held in North Korea for allegedly trying to steal a propaganda poster,He was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. This summary was very informative and gave a lot of good details regarding the article. The North Koreans claim that his condition was caused by sleeping pills and botulism. A very messed up situation for this guy.
I would say that this piece really didn’t have anything to do with forensics but was a good article and very good to understand the situation this guy was in. I would hope that no one has to go through what this man did. The North Koreans did not treat him well at all. I totally agree that these articles have to be brought to our attention.
This summary was very informative and made a lot of sense. It was a great read even tho it didn’t have much relevance to our class. Still and informative piece. I look forward to doing more current events.
Kolata, Gina. “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/health/otto-warmbier-north-korea-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
In Jack Baxter's review of the article called “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms”, written by the New York Times. Jack did a good job giving a lot of detail and a good description of the article. Another thing that I thought Jack did well was drawing the reader in, in the beginning of the article. Third, I thought Jack did a good job incorporating his own view of the article into the review and highlighted parts that he liked and disliked.
One thing that I thought Jack could have done better was he could have chosen an article more related to forensics because it was connected to science but not completely connected to forensic science. In addition Jack could have done a better job putting in more detail into the second paragraph, by using quotes.
Overall, I thought that the review was very interesting it also taught me some new things. I did not learn too much about the role forensic science played into this article but I did learn about what happened to the college student in North Korea.
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Timmy McGrath
Bronxville School
Forensics
December 20th, 2017
Kolata, Gina. “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/health/otto-warmbier-north-korea-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
This article is about a college student named Otto Warmbier. Otto was accused of stealing propaganda from North Korea. This led to him being detained for several months. Jack Did a great job talking in detail about what happened to Otto while he was being held. Jack also did a great job at drawing the reader into the article with a hook. This hook pulled the reader in and made sure that they kept on reading his review. Jack also did a great job relating this to the world and incorporating what he thought about the article.
I think that Jack could have chosen a article that related a little more to forensics. The article was a great one but it didn’t ever really talk about the forensic science behind the investigation. I think Jack also could have chosen more quotes to add into his review to help keep the reader informed on the authors view.
I think that Jack did a great job writing the review and I found it very interesting. While I didn’t learn a great deal about the forensic tools used I did learn about what happened to Otto while he was being held prisoner. Overall It was a great review and a very interesting read.
Olivia Lewis
December 21st, 2017
Forensics A/B Odd
Current Event 12 comment
Kolata, Gina. “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/health/otto-warmbier-north-korea-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Overall, Jack Baxter’s review of the article, “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms” was very well thought out and interesting. I thought that he did a good job of summarizing the article so that the most important facts were included. I also think that he did a good job in his critiquing of the article as they were all good ideas on how this article could have been improved. Finally, I think that the way in which this current event was structured was unique and not similar to the current events that are normally posted, drawing the reader in and keeping the review interesting.
I think that to improve his critique, he could have included more quotes from the article so that the reader would have a better understanding of the context. I also think that this critique would have been more interesting to read if he had related it more to what we are learning in class and the forensic community as a whole.
Ultimately, Jack’s critique of this article was very interesting and informative as cases such as these are often discussed but not in much detail. I think that he did a good job of showing the reader how it affects society today as well.
Sophia Kocur
Kolata, Gina. “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/health/otto-warmbier-north-korea-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Jack Baxter wrote a review of the article called “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms”, written by the New York Times. Jack did a excellent job with giving a lot of detail in the description of the article. Also, Jack went into detail listing multiple suggestions for improvement about the article that I haven’t read in other current events; for example, he even critiqued the title. Lastly, I thought that Jack did a great job of incorporating his own view of the article into the review and made suggestions and comments on parts that he liked and disliked.
I think that Jack could have chosen a article that related a little more to forensics. The article was a great one but it didn’t ever really talk about the forensic science behind the investigation. I think Jack also could have chosen more quotes to add into his review to help keep the reader informed on the authors view.
While this article was slightly off topic, it was still relevant to our lives and I found it interesting to read. We often hear stories about cases like this, but never about someone our age, nor is it ever told where the individual is of much significance.
I thought Jack did a very good job of summarizing the article, since he said in his review that it got pretty long and tedious, but his review managed to be relatively brief while still being informative. I also liked that he included quotes from the article, and I thought his critique was very good.
I think Jack could have talked a little more about the brain damage and forensic findings, but it’s not entirely his fault since the article didn’t focus on that as much as he expected it to. Otherwise I think the review was excellent.
I was very surprised that North Korea was willing to give a college student a 15 year prison sentence for trying to steal a propaganda poster, since that’s not a serious crime and in fact it doesn’t sound like he even succeeded, so the sentence seems rather excessive.
Kelsey Ravesloot
Kolata, Gina. “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/health/otto-warmbier-north-korea-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Jack did a review on the article, “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms”, published by the New York Times. I think that Jack’s article review was very well written. I enjoyed Jack’s explanations on how this topic truly relates to our society and how it may affect us. I also very much enjoyed Jack’s hook that makes the reader want to continue to read the review, definitely made me want to keep reading it. Lastly, I liked how Jack included some background information from the article.
One thing that I wish Jack included more of was more quotes. This brings in more facts from the article and helps the reader gain more information about this topic. I also wish that Jack has included more of a topic that involves Forensics, especially something involving what we have learned about already.
Overall I really enjoyed reading Jack’s review and thought it was very well written. I thought it was very surprising about what happened to the college student in North Korea and would totally continue to look more into this situation after reading this review.
Zach Zucker
Kolata, Gina. “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/health/otto-warmbier-north-korea-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
From Jack’s review of“Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms”, I felt that I was able to learn many new things that he explained. Jack incited many great details in his review. For example, Jack did a good job explaining the background of the story and kept the timeline throughout the review very clear. This made it easy for readers to understand his review. Secondly, Jack added quotes from the article which gives the reader another incite about what others thought about the case. For example, Jack used the quote “There are a lot of horrible things you can do to a human body that don’t leave external signs behind.” Also, I thought Jack did a good job on adding his own thoughts and opinions into the review rather than just straight facts.
Although, Jack could add a few more ideas to his review to make it perfect. First, I think that Jack should add more about the forensics part of the crime. Along with this, there are parts where Jack can make his point more clear and concise through the review.
Overall, I think Jack did a good job summarizing the article and adding his own thoughts and opinions. I found this review interesting and informative because I have never heard of this case and I am happy Jack brought up this article for his review.
Jack Harwood 1/1/18
Kolata, Gina. “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/health/otto-warmbier-north-korea-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Jack Baxter wrote a review of the article called “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms”, written by the New York Times. Jack did a great job summarizing the story and providing lots of background details on utilizing graphics and technology. He also supplied the reader with very informative details and specific statistics. Lastly, I felt that you did a great job at explaining why it is relevant in modern society by explaining what forensic scientists could do wrong.
I believe your review could have been significantly better if your writing flowed better. It was slightly choppy and it felt like you were just listing facts. However, that being said, it allowed me to remember and understand your review more clearly. Also, I would have like to see more quotes from the author. It validates your points and with ethos, it makes your review more credible.
Overall I thought that Jack did a great job with the article and this was a very interesting read. I found it to be a very interesting read. We often hear stories about cases like this, but never about someone our age, nor is it ever told where the individual is of much significance.
Liam Grealy
January 1, 2018
Forensics
Current Event #12
Kolata, Gina. “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/health/otto-warmbier-north-korea-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
In this current event article, Jack was able to accurately summarize the article, “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms.” This article was mostly about Otto Warmbier and what happened to him. Jack did a good job touching upon the important point of this article, describing how Otto Warmbier was mistreated in North Korea after trying to steal a poster. In addition to this, Jack was able to talk about the relevance of this article, and how it is something happening in our world and We don’t always hear of these things. At this time with everything that is going on between North Korea and the US it is important to know what the North Koreans are doing. A last thing Jack did well, was accurately criticize what the author could have done to make the article better. I agree with Jack and saying that the article was too lengthy and the author could have summed up the important points better and included more detail.
Although Jack did a good job addressing the main points, I think he could have gave more details in his summary. Another thing Jack could have done was improve his grammar and format of paper. One last thing that Jack could have worked on was add additional information on the topic, although he did a good job summarizing it, I had to go back into the article to clear up any questions I had about the article.
One thing I was impressed with from reading this article and review is that not all types of torture don’t leave external signs behind
Lucy Rizzo
January 8, 2018
Forensics
Current Event 13
Kolata, Gina. “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/health/otto-warmbier-north-korea-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
I read Jack Baxter’s summary of the article “Otto Damage, Coroner Confirms.” I thought Jack did many things well in his summary review. I really liked that jack picked an event related to forensics science that was related to our current world. I thought Jack gave good background information on the victim. I also thought Jack’s incorporation of quotes helped bring to life parts of the original article into the newly summarized one. Jack also did a really good job on incorporating not only his own thoughts but also the forensic scientists. The thought, quotes, and analysis were all weaved very well into the piece.
There were some things Jack could strive to improve or incorporate in his next article summary review. Jack could have elaborated and included more information on the victims situation while in North Korea and then back in the United States. I also think if jack had further elaborated on his own ideas to connect more with the article and the reader.
I really enjoyed reading Jack’s summary because it was about a recent international scandal/ story. I am intrigued to see what else the autopsy brings to light and what investigators dig up.
Kolata, Gina. “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms.” The New
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His review of “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms” written by Gina Kolata was very well done. I thought that he did a nice job with the summary of the article. your topic was clearly stated and easy to read. This is good for the readers since it creates a understanding of the subject matter for the review. Also, I like that his summary is brief. It does not bore the reader with useless information and he was able to move to the main point of your review faster. Finally, I like that he was looking to current events and connecting them to forensic science.
Although his article was good, there are some things that he could improve have on. First, I would want more background information on how Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco performed the autopsy. It would be useful in understanding the article. Also, I think he could have add more detail from the text as it would help us understand the review overall.
Overall, I enjoyed your review. This is very interesting it shows a glimpse into North Korea through forensic science.
Maeve Sullivan
Mr. Ippolito
Forensics
October 7th, 2019
Kolata, Gina. “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/health/otto-warmbier-north-korea-autopsy.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FForensic%2BScience&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection.
Jack Baxter’s review of the article, “Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms,” was written with great detail. Jack relays a short summary as a way to provide context to the reader. The victim, Otto Warmbier, faced a very unsettling death. As outlined in the article, Jack does a very good job of simplifying the situation so that it contains only the mere facts that deem significant. Jack also adds how this specific article not only relates to the class, but to society at the time. With those few lines he incorporated, the article appears far more interesting and worthwhile. Further supporting the idea that Jack’s review was not only informative, but persuasive. Lasly, he included a number of facts. By referring back to the text, and /or the experts from the text, the severity of the issue rises as it is clearly nothing to pass over. By doing so, the whole tone of the story changes and becomes remarkably intriguing.
Although Jack wrote regarding a rather informative topic that was going on at the time, his structure and evidence isn’t very strong. First off, everything in the paragraph appears to be listed. After summarizing the story, he begins another paragraph where he attempts to relate it to society. Following that paragraph is another where he expresses his opinion. Though it may appreciated in this context, the way he incorporated it was quite poor. It felt as though he were writing an assignment and checking the boxes rather than adhering to the true insight the article may have to offer. Furthermore, the evidence he provided was a bit shaky. Jack did well when telling the story of Otto Warmbier for background, but when including evidence, there was little to no explanation. Unfortunately, by lacking any analysis, the review becomes fairly bland.
Ultimately, I stuttered across this article after seeing “Coroner confirms.” I always find it interesting after reading the evidence to support such a title, and even action which makes me want to read further. With that, I was intrigued by Jack’s summary, with little room for disappointment. It becomes fun in a way to compare a society like North Korea to America due to the fact that they’re polar opposites. After reading the article, I then wanted to read about the different morals each society has in terms of crime and how to deal with it.
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