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Another student, Hayle Chun '98, suggested another reason for the "silent protest." He said he thinks the flyer was a protest against the manner in which Dunster courtyard is made available for events...
...Some people in Dunster have influence in the house and can get the courtyard to use for what they support," Chun said, "whereas other people clearly would not have this kind of influence...
...Chun said he believes the courtyard should not be used for religious services targeting a specific group of students. He said he believes the festival was an attempt to justify the placement of an exclusively Jewish symbol in a public space...
SEOUL, South Korea: A three-judge panel sentenced former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan to death for mutiny and murder and sentenced his successor, Roh Tae-woo, to 22 1/2 years for participation in mutiny. The landmark decision puts a cap on an era of corruption and oligarchical politics that had gripped the country throughout the 1980's. The two convicted men were boyhood friends who rose through the military and as generals staged a coup in 1979, placing Chun into the presidency. Six months later, Chun ordered a brutal crackdown of pro-democracy uprisings in the Kwang...
Former South Korean Presidents Chun Doo Hwan and Roh Tae Woo were already in jail on corruption charges; last week the two ex-generals were indicted for treason in connection with the 1980 "Kwangju massacre," in which hundreds of demonstrators were killed. They could face the death penalty...