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...genocide began, is seen as a hero for his role in guarding the 1,268 Tutsis and moderate Hutus who sought refuge at the hotel from the killings. As the vast majority of foreigners fled the country, Rusesabagina was twice given the opportunity to leave Rwanda, but he chose to stay. “If I leave tomorrow, I will never again in my life be a free man,” Rusesabagina said, referring to his first chance to leave Rwanda. “I will be a prisoner of my own conscience.” All the refugees...
After an uneventful national election in long-restive Solomon Islands, many expected the Parliament's choice of a Prime Minister to go smoothly. But when the 50 M.P.s chose Snyder Rini as the country's new leader on April 17, the capital, Honiara, exploded into violence. Looting and arson almost destroyed the small commercial district, setting the country's already fragile economy back years...
...their programs. “Tutoring minority children in areas that you can’t get to by the T doesn’t rank on their to-fund list and it is disappointing,” wrote Amy S. Morgenstern ’06. The Council chose not to fund the program due to FiCom’s policy of not funding transporation costs. Earlier in the year, the UC overruled FiCom’s recommendation and awarded $2,000 to cover transportation costs to the Mission Hill Afterschool Program. Since that decision, FiCom has reemphasized that...
...Relay for Life takes place at different venues all over the country, the Cambridge area relay at Gordon Track is one of the ten largest college relays, Co-Director of the Harvard Relay, Hanzich said. Each team was responsible for raising at least $100 per person which some teams chose to do by soliciting donations in dining halls, hosting bake sales, and asking for pledges. The teams also had to have at least one member of the team on the track for all twelve hours of the event. The participants jogged, walked, and ‘wheel-barrowed...
...parallels between Viswanathan’s novel and McCafferty’s second work are equally striking. For instance, page 67 of “Second Helpings” reads: “...but in a truly sadomasochistic dieting gesture, they chose to buy their Diet Cokes at Cinnabon...