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...Western governments have been slow to try political negotiations, or even to enact cost-free sanctions against Mugabe. In part, this is because European and U.S. officials believe that the African Union - whose summit is under way in Egypt - should spearhead negotiations on Zimbabwe. Yet the West has so far balked at the solution which South Africa, the most important player, has in mind: a deal for Mugabe to share power with his enemies in exchange for amnesty from prosecution in an international tribunal. It was only last week that Britain stripped Mugabe of the honorary knighthood conferred...
...rebuilding what has been destroyed. In the United States, and especially within our insular college community, it is far too easy to lose sight of the larger issues affecting people around the world, and those Harvard students have taken time out from writing papers and studying for exams to spearhead efforts to aid Myanmar should be commended. Students are selling t-shirts whose profits will go to aiding Burmese people, organizing dinners at restaurants with members of Boston’s Burmese community, sending out countless e-mails over house lists encouraging people to donate money, starting a Facebook group...
...order to officially spearhead the outreach to students, the College eventually created The Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program (UMRP), which coordinates call-a-thons for minority outreach and admitted minority students. UMRP also orchestrates Pre-frosh weekend events that target minorities such as Murillo...
...bearded, bespectacled Lugo stunned Paraguay and angered the Vatican in 2006 when he renounced the priesthood to enter politics. He went on to spearhead an uneasy alliance of Liberals, socialists and workers' movements that have long opposed Colorado hegemony. His policies remain vague, and his critics warn that he would simply be a Paraguayan version of radical leftists like Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Bolivian President Evo Morales. But Lugo's running mate is a free-market liberal, Federico Franco, a Morales critic. On the campaign trail, Lugo has criticized Chavez for polarizing Venezuelan society and urges greater political openness...
...authority and autonomy—which we hope is the case—then Hammonds is the ideal candidate to occupy this role. The learning curve before her is steep, but considering the challenges facing the undergraduate community, the College stands to benefit enormously from her demonstrated ability to spearhead progress within the context of the entire University, not just the Faculty of Arts and Sciences or the College. She has already recognized two major issues that will demand her immediate attention: the renewal of the Houses and the implementation of the new General Education curriculum. To this list...