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North Korea's rocket launch of April 5, the U.N. Security Council vote to condemn the launch and strengthen sanctions, and the North's decision of April 14 to pull out of the six-party talks have thrown a monkey wrench into prospects for a negotiated resolution of Pyongyang's nuclear-weapon and missile programs. On the surface it appears that North Korea is again embarked on a threatening course; it has vowed to continue work on its contested weapons programs. But on closer examination, the North's weapons tests always occur at times of insecurity. Its tough posturing belies...
...final meeting of the semester, the Undergraduate Council voted last night to pass the UC Reform Act, which alters its constitution to increase the body’s size from 35 to 51 representatives. The vote—26-6-2—comes on the heels of a semester’s worth of discussion and debate sparked by a set of recommendations issued by the Dowling Committee, which was charged last spring with reviewing student governance and issued a report this March proposing reforms. This legislation, which adopts some of the Dowling Committee’s suggestions...
Smith announced a recent Undergraduate Council meeting that FAS will have 19 junior faculty searches next year—but none at the senior level...
...responsibility” clause, which stated that the hosts and executive leaders of a student club-sponsored party in which dangerous drinking occurs would face punishment if a party-goer seeks medical attention. Changing the rule on behalf of student leaders was a priority of the Undergraduate Council, said Tamar Holoshitz ’10, chair of the UC’s Student Affairs Committee. Last semester, student leaders approached the College administration concerned that student safety was being compromised, since they feared punitive measures for seeking medical attention. Both the UC and College administration empathized. “This...
...facing the Pacific Command (PACOM) posits that Kim Jong Il dies in 2016 and is replaced by a new leader who resumes the processing of uranium for the countries' long-disputed nuclear weapons program. Once two North Korean uranium enrichment plants are discovered, the United Nations passes a security council resolution to oppose the action. In response, North Korean forces cross the DMZ and launch an invasion of the south by disguising thousands of troops within groups of refugees, creating what is called "an irrgular warfare-type scenario that may require a mixture of conventional and counterinsurgency tactics...