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...fans held vigils outside the hospital where the critically injured showman was admitted, and placed mementos at the foot of a Siegfried & Roy statue on the city's Strip. Sixteen time zones away, in a drab industrial building at the far end of a Hong Kong subway line, the shock was felt just as much. Imagi, a fledgling animation company, was in the running to make Father of the Pride, a prime-time comedy cartoon about the private lives of Siegfried & Roy's feline co-stars. "I opened the newspaper and it said Roy was bitten by a tiger," says...
...Political Shock in India The opposition Congress Party has unexpectedly won India's general election [May 24], but it is the people of India who are the true winners. When more than 600 million voters can choose their next government in free and fair elections, it is a tremendous credit to the democratic institutions of India. As in the U.S., Britain and other developed Western democracies, power will pass from the old government to the new in a peaceful manner via constitutional provisions. Although there was some election violence, no power in the world can stop the Indian democratic process...
...This March, a group of daring demonstrators for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) shed their inhibitions and stripped down for their cause. The rally spurred much criticism, as it was a display viewed by many as a perpetuation of PETA’s penchant for shock tactics. Though it’s difficult to denounce students for taking part in a protest, the PETA incident wasn’t worthy of undergraduates’ time. Students must be vigilant when it comes to differentiating between legitimate, worthy lobbying and over-the-top demonstrations. The latter only...
HRTV President Debra T. Mao ’05 said the news of Fonseca’s death came as “a shock...
Institute of Politics (IOP) Director Sen. David Pryor announces the dissolution of the group’s Student Advisory Committee to the shock of many members. He desires to change the IOP to attract a more diverse group of undergraduates...