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...paper after reveille last Friday, I couldn’t help but feel a mite more morose than usual, a dose more dolorous. Nine AIDS activists in Dakar, in the supposed shining citadel of West African democracy, had been sentenced to eight years imprisonment upon suspicion of homosexual conduct. Even more shocking was the well-worn statement issued by the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW): merely, that the Senegalese state had violated Article 7 of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, and that the doctrine of natural rights demanded that the prisoners’ shackles be burst asunder post-haste.If...
...size to Princeton as a whole, Princeton has not announced a hiring freeze. “We should not put at risk the foundations we have so recently laid,” Tilghman wrote of staff recruiting. Princeton will continue searches for new faculty already authorized. Any requests to conduct new faculty searches or resume old searches, however, will be reviewed by Dean of the Faculty David P. Dobkin. A review committee will also review all searches for term, temporary, and regular employment. Princeton relies more heavily on its endowment for operating budgets than Harvard does. On average, the endowment...
...members to e-mail their House lists about the opportunity, the council declined to formally put its stamp of approval on the project, known as Crimson Cable, because of fears of legal liability. Crimson Cable, founded and headed by Nicholas J. Castine ’10, plans to conduct a trial run that would provide 100 students with 250 television channels over the Internet. Students who sign up within the next week or so will likely have cable by the start of second semester, according to Castine. Despite its support of Crimson Cable, the UC is cautious about claiming...
Craig, Larry •cessation of efforts of to withdraw guilty plea of to "disorderly conduct" in an airport men's room...
...issue of the Holocaust had already been a sticking point during negotiations for a possible papal visit. Church officials have demanded that Israel remove a photograph caption at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial that criticizes Pope Pius XII's conduct during World War II. Jewish leaders and some historians argue that Pius failed to use his moral power to denounce the atrocities. Catholic leaders are pushing for Pius to be made a saint of the church, saying he was one of the 20th century's great Popes and that he did what was possible during the Nazi occupation. Benedict...