Word: voicelessness
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Shirley L. Hufstedler ’07 doesn’t just speak out for justice; she screams. “Shirley really tries to empower the voiceless at Harvard. She sings those voices really loud,” says Hufstedler’s blockmate, Currun Singh ’07. And she’s spent four years building a community that can scream with her. When drummer Hufstedler first came to Harvard, she couldn’t find her niche. “I would call the music department and the Office of the Arts...
...Khanfar: Some people call it the Al Jazeera spirit - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been favored by the authority. The human being is the center of our editorial policy. We are not a TV station that rushes after stars, big names, press conferences, hand-shake journalism. The international media concentrates on the famous, the big names. Al Jazeera goes to the margins, investigates stories that are still developing and in the future become very big. Why did the Arabic world love Al Jazeera? Everybody felt he was represented in the newsroom...
...Bangkok's élite may have forced their way into power peacefully, but they have discarded democracy and the rights of the majority, which voted in the Thaksin government. While the minority rejoices, the majority will remain voiceless, helpless and puzzled at the way the power game is being played and how national interest is defined. Loh Seng Hock Johor Bahru, Malaysia...
...definitely what every Thai is looking forward to. Supoj Homprasert Wat Chalor, Thailand Bangkok's elite may have forced their way into power peacefully, but they have discarded democracy and the rights of the majority, which voted in the Thaksin government. While the minority rejoices, the majority will remain voiceless, helpless and puzzled at the way the power game is being played and how national interest is defined. Loh Seng Hock Johor Bahru, Malaysia Stick Figures Despite the cheeky allusion to underpants in the headline, "I See London, I See France ..." [Oct. 9], what I immediately noticed in the pictures...
...needs to do more, not less, as some of its critics have suggested. It should be more aggressive vis-à-vis the administration on issues ranging from extended dining hall hours to the selection of a new president. On many social and political issues, students are left voiceless because the UC stays silent; a new UC could express the general student spirit and opinion. At the same time, the UC would be less radical than the various self-selecting campus interest groups, who would depend upon the UC as a reliable gateway to the administration. Of course, such...