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...powers-that-be in the United States. The only problem is that that reverence is ultimately undermined by general inconsistency in response to other clear cases of genocide, all of which have wreaked unfathomable havoc upon communities not unlike our own. If American politicians are to continue to present this nation as the global defender of liberty and human rights, it must begin to do so in every case...
...length may not have allowed for enough in-depth discussion. Though the list of attendees was selected randomly from those who RSVPed for the event—in order to ensure diversity in class year and House affiliation—Hammonds said she was surprised that the students present did not all know each other. Since her appointment, some have suggested that the Dean’s visibility among students has been low so far, though she has been to dinner in several of the Houses and attended election night parties sponsored by the Freshman Dean’s Office...
...around 100 protesters marched to Harvard Square after gathering outside of Cambridge City Hall yesterday afternoon in protest to Proposition 8, a ban on same-sex marriage approved by California voters passed earlier this month. The rally in Central Square, which featured speakers including state representatives and past and present mayors of Cambridge, emphasized the city’s example in legalizing gay marriage and advocated spreading the “sweet wine of freedom” across the country. Cambridge was the first city to legalize gay marriage and has had two consecutive gay mayors...
...people living in the area say they just don't see MONUC, that MONUC is almost an irrelevance in their lives. I would agree with that. We would like to be more present. You have situations where there is a population of 60,000, and we have 120 soldiers in a base. In those circumstances, they might well say that they have not seen us. North Kivu is twice the size of Belgium, and a third of our forces are there, though for obvious reasons, they are mostly in and around Goma. I can understand the frustration...
Strings extend across the Adams Art Space like lasers, both encouraging exploration of the space and prohibiting it. These boundaries present the artistic goals of Trevor J. Martin ’10 in his two-room exhibition “through/within/without”: to examine and problematize one’s physical and emotional situation. Martin began studying art in high school, where he experimented with painting and digital media. In the fall of his freshman year at Harvard, he dove into the arts scene, contributing to a show for a class in the Visual and Environmental Studies Department...