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...diverse tutor staff.But after receiving news of the selection of the Christakis couple, both of whom are Caucasian, Johnson said he was “personally pleased as a sociology concentrator” to hear of the appointment. Biggers, who listed House Master diversity as one of her key campaign planks in an unsuccessful bid for the Undergraduate Council vice presidency this fall, reiterated her hopes yesterday evening that future House Master searches could yield minority selections. “Its not surprising,” she said of the Christakis selection. “I hope that when other...
...Crimson men came in third on Saturday with 32 points, a solid outing for a team that has been gaining confidence throughout the season after a weak campaign last year...
...choice. As a senator, Obama had criticized the "surge" of nearly 30,000 additional U.S. troops into Iraq two years ago. Now, as commander in chief, he has begun ordering what may turn out to be a similar increase into Afghanistan. Of course, he had maintained on the campaign trail that Afghanistan, not Iraq, was the "right" place to wage war on terror, but his strategy review reflects the fact that many have begun to question the goals and focus of the U.S. mission there...
...desperate move to deal with an intractable radical insurgency, the Pakistan government said it will impose a form of Islamic law in the Swat Valley, located in the northwestern corner of the country. As a result, Islamabad's faltering military campaign there has been put on hold, and the militants have agreed to a tentative cease-fire. But many observers fear that, far from calming the conflict, the government has capitulated to the Islamist guerrillas and set a worrying precedent - one that will surely displease the U.S. officials who want the Pakistani government to take a harder line against militants...
...Islamic feminism. Earlier this week, 350 women and men gathered in Malaysia to launch Musawah - "Equality" in Arabic - a movement for justice in the Muslim family. Organized by the Malaysian Muslim feminist group Sisters in Islam, the conference, two years in the planning, is a kick-off to a campaign to enshrine Muslim women's rights within an Islamic framework. "We are here because we believe that Islam upholds the principles of equality and justice," said Musawah's project director Zainah Anwar, in her opening speech at the gala "Feast of Equals," held in a ballroom in a five-star...