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...region is not accessible by road. Forget radio communications - life is as isolated as it comes in these parts, known for climatic anarchy and wild-eyed lunatic Harold Keke, who is now in custody, accused of several atrocities during the tensions. At Vunusa, a treacherous jungle walk or short river wade (your choice) from the Isuna police post, community chief Philip Limaihado is briskly leading visitors through vegetable gardens, past a thatched shed that is a church, and into a small settlement that has changed little in centuries. For the 400 people who live in this group of five villages...
...Kuala Lumpur. "This is the first time one of our fishermen was taken," says local politician Chua Tiong San. "It's like having a baby snatched from the front room of your house." Chua surveys the scores of wooden boats bobbing on the murky green waters of the Sepetang River. "Now the whole town is too scared to go out to sea," he says sadly. "Look at all the boats tied up when they would normally be working. We are at the mercy of the pirates." So, it seems, is one of the world's most crucial waterways...
...order for such a building to be more than a glorified Loker Commons, it must be situated as centrally as possible—not on the other side of the athletic fields, but as close to the river as space will allow. A student center that is far from the center is fundamentally flawed—one of the many reasons why the newly freed up space in Hilles Library will never fulfill that purpose. A “Ponte Vecchio”-style student center, as mentioned in last spring’s report, would meet that need exceptionally...
...unreliable and infrequent shuttle service to a new locale is hardly an improvement at all. The University needs to take a more innovative approach to solving the same old transportation problems in its brand new campus. Indeed, it is facing substantially more difficult obstacles—namely the river and a series of high traffic throughways. It would be a shame to build incredible new facilities for learning only to allow an inadequate shuttle system stand...
...would be premature to turn pessimistic about the promise of Allston, and despite our myriad concerns, the future across the river is bright. More living space to alleviate overcrowding in the existing Houses, a student center, new recreational athletic facilities, and the promise of a large scale urban revitalization to boot—tomorrow’s College will potentially alleviate, in some dramatic ways, the most pressing problems of today’s. To be sure, the hardest work remains ahead; realizing those goals given the various competing interests at stake—not to mention the physical restraints...