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...performance. “Little things like that is how we progress,” Rosenfeld says. Even as the group expands and diversifies itself, the dance remains true to its South African origins. Words in Zulu are repeated with every sequence.Naseemah Y. Mohamed ’12, Shazrene Mohamed??s sister, calls the language behind the dance extremely repetitive. “Even if it is very simple and basic,” she says, “there are a lot of ornaments that, combined with ululation and shouting, creates a dynamic.” Naseemah...

Author: By Margherita Pignatelli, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gumboots Stomp in Sync | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...Recent events concerning a British prisoner at Guantanamo have exemplified this disappointedly consistent level of secrecy. Binyam Mohamed, a Pakistani-born British citizen, was the first prisoner to be released from Guantanamo after Obama ordered its closure earlier this year. Controversy has since abounded from Mohamed??s court case, in which a High Court decree to release information regarding torture allegations was denied by the British Foreign Office. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s justification for the refusal was that disclosure would do “serious and lasting harm”, to the United Kingdom?...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill | Title: Between Our Safety and Our Ideals | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

...evidence to support Mohamed??s torture allegations is fairly damning, and it goes without saying that any civilized country should strictly adhere to Obama’s rhetoric and reject such barbaric treatment. Mohamed claims that the CIA would chain him in restrictive positions and that he was once shackled for eight days in a position where it was impossible to either stand straight or sit. He also allegedly spent five months in total darkness and one month straight when he was forced to continually listen to one repeated Eminem CD played at an ear-splitting volume...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill | Title: Between Our Safety and Our Ideals | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

...promises and ideals allowed him to win an election against all the odds. The characteristics that made Obama’s campaign so popular should be sustained throughout governance, and it is imperative that Obama revoke the excessively secret policies of Bush’s administration. Binyam Mohamed??s case highlights the shortcomings that prevent Obama’s administration from being “the most transparent in history” and thus warrant immediate attention. To hide evidence of torture is as morally dubious as the act itself; the last thing this country needs is another...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill | Title: Between Our Safety and Our Ideals | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

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