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...majority of East Timorese. (Because Dili is a small town, it's not uncommon to see such officials dining in trendy Portuguese cafés situated near the poor and homeless squatting in tents.) Portuguese is the official language of the government, which means that most East Timorese, who speak Indonesian or the local language Tetum, cannot understand, or participate in, political discourse. The authorities have not launched effective job programs to retrain former guerrillas who fought Indonesia; for example, few ex-insurgents have been hired for the police force. Resentment among onetime fighters runs deep. On several occasions, only...
...Pakistan, made up of squabbling ethnic groups with several distinct languages and cultures, has long used Islam to cement a national identity. Those who speak for religion wield enormous influence over a nuclear-armed nation of 165 million that is a key U.S. ally in the global war on terror. This has prompted a race to define the country's founding principles. That contest culminated in the streets of Islamabad last spring when the female madrasah students launched their vigilante campaign against CD shops and massage parlors. "The government point of view is that we challenged the writ...
Anytime John McCain declines to speak to the press, something horrible must be happening...
...academic exchange that characterizes a lot of the other Harvard exchange programs,” says Wei. “Although it’s only a week long on either end...it’s surprising how lasting the relationships become.” While HCAP members speak fondly of their academic experiences abroad (museum visits!), it is the social and cultural interactions that stand out in their memories. Bunking up together in the Yard (or River, or Quad) makes for closer bonding, and not just due to the bathroom sharing. HCAP member Ana M. Franco...
...despite Harvard’s resistance to vocational courses (this is a liberal arts school, after all). But this policy has done little to curb the trend toward finance: More and more students cross-register with MIT’s accounting program each year, and the numbers speak for themselves. The mass appeal of the business world is evident, but things have gone too far. The mounting pressure to secure a summer job on Wall Street even before junior year represents a serious problem...