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Sanctions, the response of choice at the U.N., are widely regarded as useless in this case: Rwanda's economy is already destitute, and people are fighting just to stay alive. As the situation worsens, Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali is looking for about 8,000 troops to send into the country to stop the killing. He has asked the Organization of African Unity to take on the responsibility, but has had no response...
...search for a solution goes on in Washington as well, with less caution and more saber-rattling. The calls from members of Congress for a full scale invasion are as disturbing as the sanctions are useless. "We ought to go in with a large enough force to take them literally overnight, put those thugs in jail," said Rep David Obey (D-Wisconsin), in a gross miscalculation of how long it would take to subdue and pacify a nation of over six million people. Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Maryland), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said he is pleased that President...
...Core's limited offerings do not ensureany kind of broad distribution, students say.Instead, narrow, specific courses give themesoteric knowledge in useless topics...
...core curriculum is supposed to offer"approaches to knowledge." But many teachers saytheir classes are not taught differently in thecore. The result is a patchwork education inspecific topics that most students find useless. CrimsonJennifer J. BaikHASSEN A. SAYEED '96Eugene Y ChangCore Poll Would you prefer A) requiredcourses distributed through different departments,B) the core we have now, or C) no requirements?Crimson File PhotoLAWRENCE BUELL...
...core curriculum is supposed to offer "approaches to knowledge." But many teachers say their classes are not taught differently in the core. The result is a patchwork education in specific topics that most students find useless...