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...disservice to our nation’s soldiers. An attempt to sanitize the realities of warfare by disallowing photography of their caskets obscures their sacrifice and does greater dishonor than the caskets’ display. The photography of military caskets can and should be done in a respectable manner that adheres to laws protecting soldiers’ anonymity while allowing the public to recognize their supreme sacrifice for our nation. If done in such a manner, the photography of our war dead should require no process of family consent that will serve as another barrier to the proper coverage...
What has shocked the country is the mutilation of many of the dead and the gruesome manner in which their bodies were deposited in mass graves or dumped in sewers to avoid detection. Of the 74 dead bodies that have been recovered, 33 cannot be identified. Together with arson and looting of officers' houses, there are also unconfirmed reports of rape and murder of officers' family members, with at least one wife, that of the BDR commanding officer, confirmed killed. While Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was widely hailed for her steady handling of the crisis, some critics are arguing that...
...Pollard, the former leader of 90s legends Guided By Voices, is back just a month later with “The Planets are Blasted,” the second album by his band Boston Spaceships.Pollard’s habit of writing and releasing songs in such a rapid manner could easily lead one to expect the quality of his output to suffer, as the value of each song is cheapened by the sheer volume that the man spits out. What is so shocking about “The Planets are Blasted,” then, is not just that...
...Heart) Kagan” party to celebrate her continued presence there. As the Senate prepares to vote on her nomination, Kagan will likely depart the institution where students and faculty alike sing her praises.Kagan, though, reflects back on her accomplishments in a characteristically unassuming manner, pondering the rare missteps that faded out of institutional memory in the face of her many successes.“You try not to make mistakes.” she says, “but if you never fail, it means you weren’t doing enough.”—Staff...
...been separate from BlackCAST,” says current BlackCAST president Camille I. Mason ’11. “I know past presidents considered letting Eleganza just become independent.”As the show skirts the line between fashion show and entertainment production in a manner some have deemed tasteless, it remains uncertain how successfully Eleganza promotes the integration of diverse traditions and cultures into the arts—a mission it allegedly shares with BlackCAST.There is some worry that Eleganza has placed too much focus on scantily clad models and provocative dancing and too little...