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...here are among the nearly 3,000 minors who have given up guerrilla life under a 2003 government amnesty program. The guerrilla groups, formed out of the leftist peasant militias of the 1960s, continue to fight Colombia's government and rightist paramilitary forces but have been greatly weakened in recent years, defeated in battle and diminished by desertion. (See pictures of child soldiers around the world...
...truth of what is happening in Afghanistan was laid out during recent gatherings held by the advocacy group Iraq Veterans Against the War, during which vets testified to the brutality that is an everyday part of the occupation. Hamid Karzai's government is just like the puppet regimes the U.S. set up in South Vietnam. And as in Vietnam, civilians are being massacred by U.S. troops. The media will deny it until, like My Lai, it becomes too big to be denied. While I heartily disagree with its policies, even the Taliban would be better for Afghanistan than...
...places to pitch a tent. The company reported that 21% of its campers last year were first-time KOAers, the highest percentage in 18 years. Its campgrounds, where cabins start at about $45 a night, offer amenities that might turn off purists hoping to commune with nature; on a recent Saturday at a KOA in Newburgh, N.Y., a hay wagon full of kids singing "Bingo Was His Name-O" cruised past two swimming pools, a video arcade, a mini-golf course and an on-site store that sells beer. Like most KOA campgrounds, Newburgh also provides free...
...though it is difficult to be sure, since the university’s true financial picture remains cloudy. The decision made earlier this semester to reduce annual FAS departmental budgets and annual House budgets by 15 percent was a difficult concession, but likely sensible in the current environment. The recent announcement, however, that each of Harvard’s 12 Houses will be required to cut spending by an additional 10 percent—25 percent in full—is especially regrettable, considering the vital role that House life should play in the Harvard undergraduate experience...
Ironically, these additional housing budget cuts come on the heels of the recent Report on Harvard House Renewal, which specifically called for an increased tutor presence in each house and restructured Senior Common Rooms. The report was released to the community on April 1 in an e-mail from Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds. In a preface to the report, she writes that Harvard’s goal to “revitalize the House system” would still be pursued despite “challenging economic times.” But, surely, these planned renovations...