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...What Frazer does not realize is that the time lag in the execution of the legislation would result in it hitting the beleaguered Tsvangirai government, rather the oppressive Mugabe regime. Furthermore, sanctions can produce more harm than good in Zimbabwe right now. Pressure applied through sanctions may decrease political turmoil but this could potentially come at the cost of hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans dying from hunger. The great world economic powers must play their role in recovering Zimbabwe from this doomsday scenario by offering substantial humanitarian aid and support. Hopefully, the U.S. State Department will gain some common sense...
...David M. Cutler ’87, the outgoing divisional dean for the social sciences, said that professors are understanding of the need for the pause, and that their frustration is simply the result of exhaustion after years of turmoil. Smith is the fourth FAS Dean in the last two years...
...with the closest possible recreation of the issues confronting non-governmental organization workers in Darfur. Volunteers will role-play as refugees, while military checkpoints, mock Janjaweed attacks, and security evacuations are incorporated into the experience. The program directors intend to create an environment that closely resembles the tension and turmoil currently present along the Chad-Sudan border, according to Appleby. HHI’s Humanitarian Studies Initiative is a seven-year old program that attempts to provide students with hands-on experience that emphasizes the policies that HSPH has developed, according to a press release. “Our program...
...Some suggest that Smith’s fairly smooth ride in pushing his own version of the divisional deanship may be a function of the times. Many professors agree that much of the discontent with the divisional dean structure may have been simply an outgrowth of the turmoil that roiled the Faculty in late 2005 as the tenure of former University President Lawrence H. Summers drew to a close...
...People have been a bit frustrated about lines of authority and so on,” said Dean for the Social Sciences David M. Cutler ’87, who is an economist. “Really what that was symptomatic of is that there was so much turmoil that no one ever knew what was happening...