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...respectively.In the field events, sophomore Eda Karesin, Fronk, and junior Evan Favermann highlighted the Crimson effort, by sweeping the javelin throw event with respective 46.66, 45.54, and 37.96 meter throws.Co-captain Molly Boyle won the hammer throw with a 46.37 meter toss, while Flahive and freshman Jade Randle earned points at second and third in the shot put with 10.81 and 10.46 meter hurls, respectively. Junior Becky Christensen returned to action after having sat out the last three competitions to claim the top spot in the high jump with a clearance at 1.80 meters.“The biggest thing...
...Silk road gem and jade shop," the sign proudly states. Centrally located just down the street from the main mosque in Khotan, a dusty oasis town located in the vast Taklamakan Desert in China's far southwest, the shop is a focal point for the Muslim Uighurs who make up the majority of the local population. But though it is mid-morning, its gates are secured with heavy steel padlocks. Warning notices from the Public Security Bureau are pasted across the doors announcing that the business has been closed indefinitely. Until last month, this was one of the biggest private...
...visit to the region this month, TIME talked to Khotan farmers, impoverished jade hunters, shopkeepers, students and professionals. Many of the Uighurs' stories are similar. They say that the government discriminates against them in areas ranging from job opportunities to issues such as the teaching of the Uighur language, which has been heavily curtailed, and the issuance of international passports, which Uighurs now say has been halted until after the Olympic Games in August. (An official surnamed Wu at the Foreign Affairs Department in Khotan said he wasn't aware of such a policy.) Some Uighurs, who are a central...
...casual visitor, the streets of Khotan now seem back to normal. The bazaar is open every morning, selling everything from roast lamb and athletic shoes to handwoven local carpets and the famous local white jade. But the almost exclusively Chinese traders whose small shops line the streets between the large People's Liberation Army base and Unity Square are evasive when asked about relations between the races and the events of March 23, after which many of these shops stayed closed for days. One young woman from Sichuan province says it is getting dark outside and she must close...
...Jade,” he slurred...