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March Madness: Vote for the Evil Eight!
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Just when you thought things couldn’t get any crazier, the quest to find the cruelest Division 1 College in the country has revved up a notch! All 16 of last week’s contenders proved tough teams to beat, but only 8 could advance, and despite some powerful showings from Pittsburgh, KSU, Washington State, OSU, Purdue, Hopkins, Vanderbilt, and the University of Washington, only the nastiest can prevail … so without further ado let’s get down to narrowing the field even further as we prepare to put these vivisectors on the national stage in the Fatal Four next week!
Just like last week, I’ll be highlighting what I consider to be the key matchup in this exciting tournament, and you can consult the cheat sheet to help determine who else to vote into the next round. Use the voting form or leave a comment to cast a vote for this week’s Vilest Vivisectors in the Evil Eight!
Duke University vs. Texas A&M
Michael Platt, Duke Like ‘em or hate ‘em, Duke University always puts forward a strong team, and for the past decade, that’s been largely due to the work of their MVP, Michael Platt, who drills metal screws into monkeys’ skulls, pushes electrodes into their brains, and implants wire coils under their eyelids. A similar winning technique has been made popular by UConn’s David Waitzman—another strong contender in this tournament, so if we’re lucky, we may see a classic Big East/ACC showdown in the finals this year. The published results of Mr. Platt’s cruel experiments include such timeless pieces of knowledge as the fact that one rhesus macaque monkey will often look in the same direction as another rhesus macaque monkey, so there’s no question that Michael’s earning his keep! To vote for Michael Platt, use the form or leave a comment below. |
Michelle Hook, Texas A&M Texas A&M might traditionally be the underdog in this matchup, but don’t make the mistake of underestimating Michelle Hook of Texas A&M University’s Department of Psychology. Her medium of choice is rats, and from the sounds of it, there’s not much she hasn’t done when it comes to slicing and dicing these animals. Michelle’s preferred technique involves cutting up the animals’ spinal cords, injecting them with chili pepper solution, pushing them into restraint tubes, and electroshocking their hind legs. Hook’s world-beating conclusion speaks for itself: “These data suggest that peripheral inflammation, accompanying spinal cord injuries, might have an adverse effect on recovery.” You heard it here first, folks: Giving electric shocks to torture victims might slow down their recovery time! To vote for Michelle Hook, use the form or leave a comment below. |
Cheat Sheet
University of Connecticut vs. UW Madison
University of Connecticut has a strong team this year, led by one of our very own Vivisectors of the Week, David Waitzman. We've heard a lot about David's unlawful brain experiments on monkeys, which have embarrassed the university into returning some of his grant money.
The UConn team are going up against the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where Ei Terasawa has been injecting drugs into conscious primates’ brains using the “push-pull perfusion” method. Terasawa surgically implanted “cranial pedestals” into the monkeys’ skulls and attached them to restraint chairs, where the monkeys remained immobilized for three full days.
Michigan State University vs. Harvard
Michigan State University’s Arthur Weber has a signature move that would frighten even the undead. This cat torturer's got his technique down pat: First he injures their optic nerve, then he dissects the overlying tissues, inserts a surgical hook, and places a clamp on the nerve. Next on the agenda: Wait for seven days until it's time to remove the cats' eyes while they're still alive!
Weber's up against some tough competition in the Harvard team: Harvard is home to the New England National Primate Research Center, which houses more than 2,000 nonhuman primates who are used in experiments. In 2004, 600 of these animals were subjected to painful and distressing experiments, and researcher data suggests that more than 90 percent of the primates have self-destructive or abnormal behavior.
Stanford vs. University of Texas at Austin
Alan Schatzberg and David Lyons of Stanford’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences study severe depression and stress in juvenile monkeys by stressing them out and making them severely depressed. And the fact that Lyons and Schatzberg's esteemed colleagues spend their days implanting wires into monkey's brains probably contributes to the low morale amongst Stanford's caged-primate population.
Wilson Geisler and Eyal Seidemann of UT Austin’s Psychology Department use monkeys in experiments aimed at understanding which portions of the brain control eye movement. To conduct this work, Geisler and Seidemann “prepare” the monkeys by drilling holes into their skulls and cementing a stainless steel recording cylinder onto the brain membrane.
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Hook & Platt., both fiendish excuses for humans. Possibly some Divine Retribution will overcome these pair sooner rather than later : And others who take animal life without qualms.
Posted by: keith | March 27, 2008 06:05 PM
Wow, just when I thought I had exhausted all my reasons to hate Duke, you give me another one!
Posted by: BullyDawg | March 27, 2008 06:22 PM
Oh my , Besides the teary eyes, I really feel like throwing up. All of them are inhumane robots, but the one who is torturing the cats, only to cut out their eyes while they are still alive has my vote for the cruelest bastard. Very Very Sincerely, Becci Andrews
Posted by: Becci Andrews | March 27, 2008 11:19 PM
Becci A
I agree!!!
Posted by: Ana | March 28, 2008 08:20 AM
Human intelligence and resourcefullness is endless in evil. I cant help thinking we'll all pay for this some day.
Posted by: LJ | March 29, 2008 07:47 AM
Ugh, what is wrong with these people???? Sick, inhumane, evil excuses for humans. I dont understand this pointless, torturous and barbaric mentality. I feel sick, and not to mention angry, i mean, what gives them the excuse to treat animals this way? NOTHING!!! Its time they were shown that people like us wont stand for this.
Posted by: Con | March 29, 2008 03:45 PM
I wish people wouldn't think some animals are better than others. Monkeys and cats are all that's left. You can't forget about mice, dogs, pigs etc.
Posted by: Ryan | March 29, 2008 06:24 PM
I am very disappointed, embarrassed and apenada there Universities too terrible experience with animals so cruelly and this goes for all those Universities. And I can not believe that these universities with their philosophy and professionalism this experimenting on animals should shame them thought that I go to one of these universities if following experiencing insurers not to their ire University and dare I say in my country to know that University class without compassion for animals, so you are put in place to see if they would like to make you aware that they suffer and feel pain.
Frances Peña 16 years
Puerto Rico
Posted by: Frances Peña | March 29, 2008 06:28 PM
This is cowardly abuse of the strong against the weak. I am ashamed and sickened that our species can produce such monsters!
Posted by: Maureen | March 29, 2008 08:36 PM
Makes you wonder if there is a God? Where is he and why he created humans? I PERSONALLY think humankind is God biggest mistake .every thing else was perfect ..until we came in the picture now all the animals and the planet itself is suffering and are being abuse hurt and destroy with no Mercy by sick horrible people is just wrong and pure EVIL.it hurts my heart and I cry for the pain this poor creatures endure.I cant understand why thats not against the law? I HOPE WE CAN CHANGE THIS FOR THE LOVE OF ANIMALS.those fu*king sick people should be stop and pay for their actions.xoxo peace Rose:-(
Posted by: Rose Corletto. | March 31, 2008 12:15 AM
i am a student here at michigan state and had no idea such torture was occurring on campus! i am emailing professor weber to express my disgust and hopes for a new, cruelty-free form of research!
Posted by: ashley | March 31, 2008 12:27 AM
And they call the ALF terrorists! Pretty upside down world we live in, kids!
Posted by: lynda downie | March 31, 2008 01:10 AM
i can't even bring myself to vote for one or the other. they're all so disgustingly and equally evil.
Posted by: elizabeth | March 31, 2008 02:53 PM
So true Lynda, so very true.
Posted by: Judith, Freedom Fighter for Animals | April 1, 2008 05:04 PM
Thanks for the comment Judith, keep up the good fight.
Posted by: lynda downie | April 2, 2008 01:37 AM
I'm sorry to say I'm from the state where goverment & state and alumni, that I live next door to are funding this torture and evil doings. Ashley you go getm girl.
Posted by: Mary A Hanson | April 12, 2008 04:22 PM
Since this organization obviously doesn't mind lying to the naive public, it probably wont get posted. I am an owner of pets and livestock that are my passion. But this information being published is ridiculous, untrue, and I am embarrassed for whoever believes it and posts it. Michigan State University has an organization that oversees all animal use by the University. I am confident that the story you tell and what is actually happening is not true in the least bit.
I am going into veterinary school so you cannot accuse me of not caring about animals, but you people are ignorant to believe what is being posted by this website.
Posted by: Alyssa Lauren | May 2, 2008 07:24 PM
I go to Michigan State and have several friends in the Vet Med and Vet Tech programs, and a few work in the labs as research assistants and I can say that this crap about Michigan State is just that. The girls I know working there WOULD NEVER work for someone injuring animals.
Posted by: Dennis C | May 5, 2008 11:05 AM
I am absolutely apalled. I attended MSU for a year as a pre-vet student. I had no idea such cruelty was going on. This breaks my heart and makes me SO happy I transferred. I will be e-mailing this horrible professor to let him know of my sheer disgust of what he is doing.
You would think as one of the top vet-med schools, they would HELP, not harm, animals.
Posted by: Jen | May 8, 2008 01:16 PM