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Whne Jose M. Hernandez- Pol '94 cut his finger to the bone at an engineering lab, he walked into the after hours urgent care unit expecting immediate service. But despite the fact that blood was dripping through his makeshift bandage, a nurse told him he would have to wait for an hour and a half...
...moral mystery. I had wondered for months how in the face of the world's almost unanimous condemnation and disgust, the Serbs could keep up a war conducted by rape, murder and the starvation of whole cities. "Ethnic cleansing" has generated the worst public relations problem since Pol Pot went into politics: How do the Serbs keep on? How do they explain themselves to themselves...
...Friday was to discuss the importance of youth to the Democratic party. The fax The Crimson received the day before the event described it as a "round table discussion"--pretty grandiose for a spin session between a semi-populist (he's from Ohio and he's not a lawyer) pol and five college reporters. Besides, it was a rectangular table...
Though they have withdrawn from the peace process and the elections, the < Khmer Rouge recently announced a new political party, the National Unity of Cambodia Party. It is headed by Khieu Samphan, long presented as the "acceptable" face of the Khmer Rouge. Pol Pot, their notorious leader, directs their campaign unseen from near the Thai border. If their party did take part in the elections, it would probably win several seats. It is important -- if shocking -- to realize that the Khmer Rouge do have support in Cambodia. Some people see them as nationalists and incorrupt -- but there is no reason...
...Pol Pot's forces are also threatening to destroy the peace process altogether by refusing to demobilize their 27,000 fighters and allow UNTAC access to territory under their control. Their reason appears to be fear of UNTAC's liberating effect on their cadres and villagers. But their standard $ explanation is that they pulled out of the accord because UNTAC failed to insist on the withdrawal of all Vietnamese troops from Cambodia or to take control of the government in Phnom Penh, as required by the accord...