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...Read "A Wind Shift Coming in the Global-Warming Debate...
...necessary passwords from former VP Randall S. Sarafa '09. McLeod denied sending the e-mail, but former Student Affairs Committee Chair Tamar Holoshitz ’10, who said she was involved in crafting the e-mail, said that McLeod did send the message: “She read it out loud four times,” Holoshitz said. “She clicked send.” (For a more comprehensive narrative detailing the events that unfolded, click here.) Finally, the UC certified John F. Bowman ’11 and Hysen as the Council’s President...
...Seeking to disrupt the North's supply routes, the Americans enlisted the help of the Royal Lao government's highest-ranking Hmong leader, Vang Pao. He welcomed American guns, money and expertise, assembling thousands of Hmong fighters from the hills. Together, they would tackle a common enemy, the communists. (Read "Welcome to the Jungle...
...were eventually resettled. It was not until 1997 that Washington officially acknowledged the valor of the Hmong soldiers. A small stone with a copper plaque was placed in their honor between the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame in Arlington National Cemetery. (Read "A Blackbird's Song...
...internal affairs, there are signs that the rapidly modernizing country is curbing its use of the death penalty of its own accord. The reforms are modest, to be sure, but some observers see them as a rare bright spot amid an overall bleak trend for human rights in China. (Read "China's Harsh Warning to Political Dissidents...