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...with contrived scenarios and ambiguous legalese, the reality is actually fairly simple. Waterboarding is torture, and torture is inherently immoral. The United States should never stoop to such a practice. Outside of the political arena, there doesn’t seem to be much confusion. Institutions such as the UN Convention against Torture, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and an open letter to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales signed by over 100 American law professors have had no trouble with correctly defining waterboarding as a revolting and illegal form of torture. Even Republican candidate John McCain...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Cruel and Unusual | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

...involvement of young adults in politics, Kerim stressed that “The UN badly needs this younger mind-set [that is] influenced heavily by the globalized world...

Author: By Catherine J. Zielinski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: U.N. Official Draws HBS Crowd | 10/26/2007 | See Source »

...bells): they all tried it with only limited success. Juanes, who has recorded only in Spanish, has achieved the international acclaim that these Latin American artists strove for. Non-Spanish speakers have enjoyed Juanes’s music—no translation necessary. “La Vida...Es Un Ratico,” his first album in three years, happily proves no different. The album opens with the lively, uplifting lyrics of “No Creo En El Jamás.” Juanes sings about living life fearlessly and surrendering to one’s passions...

Author: By Andres A. Arguello, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Juanes | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...Allegro spirituoso—Goto leaped back into his element, holding the audience on edge with every twist of the bow. He employed Paganini’s own invention, “ricochet” bowing (where the bow ricochets across the strings to produce swift and un-slurred notes), with the utmost effect, swimming through 20 notes in a matter of a few seconds. Then, violinist and orchestra merged together, fortissimo, to produce an epic finish.Goto performed a surprise encore, wild and improvised. While plucking strings with his left hand, he masterfully maneuvered the bow with his right.After Goto?...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: For BachSoc, a Strong Season Beginning | 10/22/2007 | See Source »

...people in the media, several stalwart reporters, but they got overwhelmed because of the fear card that was being played, saying ‘You are either for us or against us, if you’re not for us, you’re unpatriotic, you’re un-American,’ and that scared the shit out of everybody,” he said...

Author: By Victoria D. Sung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Redford Criticizes Administration at Screening | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

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