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...reparations for victims. The trc is often hailed by non?South Africans as an unmitigated success. "It's almost embarrassing," says Meiring, who has traveled to places such as Rwanda and Sri Lanka to talk about his country's experience. "It seems that people think we found the perfect solution." Archbishop Tutu has recently been applying the lessons to the fractured society of Northern Ireland, where he hopes bringing victims and killers face-to-face in unofficial meetings shown on television can help break the stranglehold of hatred and recrimination. Yet while Meiring says the trc was a vital part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Forgiveness Always Divine? | 3/12/2006 | See Source »

...almost have to degrade the image to make it more real. If you take a digital photo and I take one on film, there's just no way you're going to compete with the humanity that I can create from my little Hasselblad. Yours will be smoother, crisper, perfect in every way, and mine will be grainy, but you would definitely grab my picture over the digital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can This Man Save The Movies? (Again?) | 3/12/2006 | See Source »

...games? I have loved the Olympics since I was first cognizant of them, initially viewing them as an opportunity to learn about other countries and now as an affirmation of my faith in internationalism. In this belief, I am not blinded by my own idealism. The Games are not perfect. Since their original incarnation in Ancient Greece, there have been athletes who cheated for the sake of a token or who exploited their superstar status. There will always be those who resort to such methods, and it does not take technology or modernity. The Games continue to occur because...

Author: By Emily A. Bruemmer, | Title: Olypmic Games A Triumph Of Internationalism | 3/10/2006 | See Source »

...There is no perfect curriculum,” writes Rev. Peter J. Gomes in his essay, “only one that works as well as it can for its peculiar moment in time.” The set of recommendations as it now stands says little about the contemporary challenges to a liberal arts education, focusing on streamlining our curriculum rather than remedying the antiquated ideas behind...

Author: By Rebecca D. O’brien | Title: Save it or Scrap it | 3/10/2006 | See Source »

...sports column earlier this week, a newly introduced “Academic Progress Rate” (APR) released by the NCAA found that Harvard is home to 18 teams in the top ten of their respective sports based on the standard, ten of those teams having received perfect scores according to the rating.That’s fine and dandy, but, remind me again, when was the last time the Crimson won a Rose Bowl? Oh, right. 1920.You see, we might have some of the smartest teams in the nation, but when it comes to performance in the big-time...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE MALCOM X-FACTOR: Athletes In Class Of Their Own | 3/9/2006 | See Source »

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