DECEMBER 13, 1993

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• Headline: Workplace Violence: A Growing Concern. Impact: The rise of workplace violence sparked a revolution in HR policies, leading to an overabundance of 'team-building' retreats where no one actually builds teams but rather learns how to dodge flying staplers.. Fact: Did you know that in the 90s, stapler-throwing was actually considered a sport? Just kidding, but it might as well have been!.
• Headline: MUSIC; Just Play and Leave Town? Not This Ensemble. Impact: The Carnegie Chamber Players' dedication to community engagement inspired countless musicians to set up shop in towns, leading to an explosion of unsolicited street performances that nobody asked for.. Fact: Did you know that music was once banned on public transport? Now you can't escape it, even in your Uber ride to the grocery store..
• Headline: Viewpoints; Wall St.'s Role in Military Conversion. Impact: The military industry’s decline and Wall Street’s attempts at conversion resulted in an economic rebirth of sorts—only to be replaced by over-saturated markets of military-themed coffee shops and artisanal grenade-shaped keychains.. Fact: Fun fact: Wall Street’s idea of 'conversion' has nothing to do with saving the world and everything to do with maximizing profit margins..