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Sociology of Violence

Grissom is rather abrupt, and launches into a lecture defining hate crime before the students can even sign in.

He then passes out a handout entitled The seven-stage hate model: the psychopathology of hate groups from The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin.

"As you can see, the model is as follows..."

Stage 1: The Haters Gather
Stage 2: The Hate Group Defines Itself
Stage 3: The Hate Group Disparages the Target
Stage 4: The Hate Group Taunts the Target
Stage 5: The Hate Group Attacks the Target Without Weapons
Stage 6: The Hate Group Attacks the Target with Weapons
Stage 7: The Hate Group Destroys the Target

"I'd like you to name one group in which you've seen this behavior, at least through Stage Four, and describe how they fit the model in an essay before you go.

You will be graded."

Grissom then points to a stack of large books on a table by the door. "Crimes of Hate : Selected Readings, for your homework. Select to do all the readings. It's only 408 pages."

Sociology of the Paranormal

Grissom wheels in a TV unit, and addresses the class.

"While you are watching the film, I want you to think about why people perpetuate hoaxes. By the end of class, I want a proposal from each of you on my desk for a hoax of your own design. You'll receive extra credit if your proposal involves the paranormal, although that's not required at this time.

Also, those of you that have elected to finally pass in your last homework assignment would be advised to leave it on my desk as well."

He then screens most of the NOVA special The Boldest Hoax.

"Before you go, take this vocabulary sheet. Have all the terms, A-Z, memorized by Monday. You can go."

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Pass in your proposal. Take your ~~quiz study sheet~~ vocabulary.

Walter turns in a proposal for a hoax convincing people that he can fly. It involves jumping out of a plane with no parachute and using his wires to help him land safely.

He's convinced it will work.

He is, however, not convinced that he'll be able to memorize all that vocabulary.

Marty passes in his hoax which involves starting the rumor that Angel is a big John Tesh fan and having everyone buy him Tesh's CD's for his birthday.

Angela watches the video. After some deliberation, she decides to create a hoax to convince people the assistant's lounge is haunted.

It's not even a stretch for this place, right?

Phoebe sits next to Angela and pretends to watch the film. When Grissom talks about hoaxes and how they should write proposals on a hoax to perpetuate on people, a tear slips down her cheek.

"I can provide samples of how love is the biggest hoax anyone can pull on someone," Phoebe whispered.

Angela tilts her head and gives Phoebe a concerned look. "Something happen with Cole?"

"It's over," she says softly.

Angela winces. She had worried about Phoebe and Cole ever since she found out he was supposed to kill witches, but she still doesn't like to see a friend in pain.

"I'm sorry. Did you dump him over the body switch thing he pulled, or..." her voice trails off, not sure she likes the other possibilities.

"He slept with someone close to me..."

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Lyta turns in her proposal ~~which she will have to detail at a later date, as the mun is drawing a complete blank at the moment~~ and eyes the vocabulary sheet warily.

Piper turns in a hoax about some sort of monster living in the school basement. Then she wonders if maybe that could possibly be true.

She then notices that Phoebe is upset and is suddenly very concerned.

Phoebe saw Piper come in and lowered her head. Finally she passed her sister a note.

Why didn't you tell me about you and Cole?!

Piper blinked at the note a few times. This couldn't be happening. Phoebe knows?

How do you know about that?

There are tears slipping down Phoebe's cheeks.

Logan told me during third period in the assistant's lounge. How could you keep something like that from me, Piper? How could you not tell me you loved him...that you slept with him?

Piper so very much wanted to hide right now.

I didn't really love him. I thought I did. It didn't mean anything. And how did Logan find out?

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Mac turns in a plan to make people believe she's a mind reader. It basically involves a willing accomplice and some subtle hand motions. She thinks it's unlikely to fool people, but it's ~~a party trick that her mun learned over christmas~~ something.

The vocabulary is definitely going to need the weekend to absorb.

Lana turns in a proposal for a hoax suggesting that aliens created Fandom and its oddities hundreds of years ago.

Cordy hands in a proposal for a hoax stating that there is a new, never seen before demon, that appears to humans or other beings only after they have eaten a certain kind of gentically-modified carrot.

[[...i don't know. wtf.]]

Shep hands in a note that says:

Dr. Grissom, would you mind if I got you my proposal before class on Monday? Right now the number of odd things I'm asked to believe before breakfast is crowding my brain. I'm gonna need a little time to make something up ~~because anything that can happen here, already has, I'm fairly sure.~~

J. Sheppard

Broots turns in a proposal for convincing people that there is thing living in the janitor's closet that changes your gender. At this school, it just might be.

Stark turned in a proposal on how the exterminated gremlins of Fandom High were really all disposed of. It involved Jeff the God of Biscuits, because there is no student in this school that does not have a weakness for baked goods.

Jaye's proposal involves convincing people that polyester is made of people. What? It could be.

Jessica's proposal for a hoax is convincing people that her father is the owner of Bloomingdales. Jessica is not all that thrilled with the thougth of creating a lie, so she hesitates as she writes it down. As she looked at her piece of paper she wonders if she could convince herself that her father owned Bloomingdales. Wouldn't that be lovely? Jessica smiles, shrugs and places the proposal on Grissom's desk.

Paige submits a proposal suggesting she will attept to convince people that Fandom High and the whole island are actually part of a reality TV show to see how people react to the unusual.

She then reads the vocab sheet with a look of stress

Bel steals miserable glances at Phoebe as he passes in a proposal to create a hoax about the school being built over an ancient graveyard ~~and glares at his mun for never hitting "post" for this comment, which she just discovered as she flipped through her tabs~~.