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...summer off, Katey Stone—the head coach of the women’s hockey team—is taking a new summer job. On Wednesday, USA Hockey named Stone coach of the U.S. Women’s National Under-22 Select Team. Stone will lead the country??s top players under the age of 22 through the Women’s National Festival in August, and from those hopefuls will select a roster of 20 to vie in a three-game series against the Canadian U-22 team in Ottawa between August...
MUNICH, Germany—For over a half-century now, Germans have been plagued by their history. The specter of the Second World War looms large, reinforced by omnipresent reminders of a then-young country??s not-so-youthful indiscretions. One need only take a stroll through the aeronautics exhibit at the Deutsches Museum to experience the collective sense of shame. On placards bearing identifying names like Messerschmidt, swastikas prominently adorn tail wings. On the planes themselves, however, those haunting emblems have been effaced completely, painted over by a conscientious curatorial staff.When I first visited Germany...
...Mike in the bar of the Peony Hotel for drinks, marking the first time we had sat down to chat with another American in weeks. It’s not often that we run into foreigners in Luoyang—a city tucked away in this country??s interior, known more for its ancient history than for its present influence in current affairs. So whenever we do, it’s a happy chance to hobnob with one of our very own. Mike teaches English at a private school for young children here. In an existential mood...
...letter warned that American diplomats would undermine the country??s credibility if they did not attach the “genocide label” to the slaughter of Tutsis...
When he chose to write his senior thesis on the Zimbabwean government’s manipulation of the media, Amar C. Bakshi ’06 never thought he’d be a target of the repressive regime himself.In late December, he traveled to the country??s capital to conduct research. But Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Organization alleged that he was “taking government information.” As he attempted to leave the country, intelligence officers pulled him off a plane and threw him in jail for five days...