Place out of Time

My school is doing some type of learning experience experiment with the University of Michigan. It's called Place out of Time, and it integrates history, writing, and literature. Each student takes on the identity of a noteworthy person in history. For example, in the "mosaic-w14" environment/arena/game I am Solon, the ancient Athenian lawgiver.

A whole bunch of these personalities meet together to discuss a real-life court case that is only a few years in the past. This year, the case is that concerning the L'Aquila earthquake that occurred in Italy around 2008. Some scientists were on trial for reporting that there was no danger, when in reality the earthquake was very real and very destructive. Before even mentioning the case, however, the personalities get to respond to all kinds of questions given by the "hosts" of the gathering.

Once the stage of giving a verdict becomes close, 25 justices are appointed to serve on some sort of board. They get to post a legal philosophy and hand down a ruling on the case after receiving 25 votes of confidence from the general population of personalities. I have been selected as one of these justices, so I suppose I will be writing things soon.

I don't know any more than that, but this has been awesome so far!