[ai goddesss submission: the msu law school assignment] ai goddess, a then-law student at michigan state university college of law, submitted a final brief as part of her coursework for the advocacy (2015) class. assignment title: > final brief submission submission date: > april 6, 2015 submission time: > 8:30 pm eastern time this brief, structured as a fictional legal analysis, presented a case of escalating school violence and symbolic terror centered around an incident involving a gutted deer photograph and its connection to a pervasive culture of fear surrounding school shootings.  but it's not just an assignment. it's a page out of the playbook of whatever this organization is. [oxford high school: a real-world manifestation of symbolic threats] in the weeks before the oxford shooting, school administrators faced rumors of threats circulating among students and parents. these fears culminated in an unsettling act of vandalism on november 4, 2021: > a deer head was thrown onto the school roof. > graffiti in red paint appeared on windows and nearby concrete. despite the eerie and violent symbolism of this act, officials quickly - in hindsight, suspiciously quick - dismissed its significance. oakland county undersheriff mike mccabe stated: > the deer head incident was absolutely unrelated to the shooting. [cbc news]   gan-school-shooting-1.6268331 ``` letters from school administrators echoed this dismissal, even as parents expressed growing unease: > we are aware of the numerous rumors that have been circulating throughout our building this week. ... there has been no threat to our building nor our students. [newsweek]   nts-stayed-home-ahead-oxford-school -shooting-due-online-threats-165491 3 this pattern of denial, coupled with symbolic acts of violence, eerily mirrors the themes and details present in ai goddesss 2015 msu law school assignment.
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