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...still not a given in Africa. Take Zimbabwe. Even five years ago, the country boasted one of the best judiciaries in Africa. Voters could make their voices heard, as they did in 2000 when they rejected a new constitution backed by President Robert Mugabe. The independent press was amongst the feistiest on the continent. Over the past few years, though, Mugabe and his henchmen have bludgeoned the opposition into near submission, rigged elections, closed down the independent press and forced most of the country's best judges into retirement. Mugabe, once hailed as a great new African leader himself...
...same UCS resolution said it was “highly unethical” that O’Reilly neglected to edit the video footage and “preserve privacy” for the students. “People were acting with a reasonable expectation of privacy amongst their peers, so to see it on the news two days later was shocking and more than a little off-putting,” Margolick said. “Lots of students had awkward conversations with heir parents.” Despite the University’s outrage, O’Reilly...
...German bullets. (It didn’t). So mulled over is the history of the event that panelists could only discuss how elephant hunters had occupied a “liminal space” or how Germany’s African soldiers had devised an honor-based rigeur amongst themselves.It evoked a time when I was digging through the University of Dar es Salaam library’s stacks. I found myself in a section filled with colonial travelogues, which had been left untouched for many years. Giddy, I scooped up handfuls and, no sooner had I extricated myself from...
Campus crime statistics released for 2004 show that Harvard has the highest burglary rate amongst Ivy League and a number of other top universities. Harvard is reported to have had 446 on-campus burglaries last year, while its nearest Ivy rival was Yale with 82. The lowest rate was Columbia, which reported just 16 burglaries. According to Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) Spokesman Steven G. Catalano, Harvard’s burglary rate is inflated compared to other colleges’ because of the way the HUPD categorizes crime. Universities are obligated to report annual campus crime under the 1990 Clery...
...Lowell HoCo’s success have not been trusts or alumni, but hardworking folks and support from the Lowell House administration. A few HoCos may be funded by House trusts, but—great though it would be for Lowell—we are unfortunately not amongst them. Last year’s Bacchanalia cost HoCo, net of ticket sales, a touch over $1,000, which was covered by UC grants that also funded Lowell’s carnival, Oscar night, Stein clubs, gym equipment purchases, freshman welcome event, and many other House activities...