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...Identity Politics in Taiwan Independence for Taiwan is a vexing issue for a variety of reasons [March 15]. An often overlooked but profound problem concerns the ethnic groups living together on the island. The Democratic Progressive Party and the Kuomintang vie for votes-from the Hakka, Taiwanese, mainlanders, aborigines and other groups-with promises of recognition and, in some cases, special treatment. But neither party has yet defined a common identity that all here can share. In Taiwan, identity comes before independence. Paul Oliver Chunglin, Taiwan...
Divided They Stand Prominent Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders urged voters to reject a meticulously crafted United Nations plan meant to end the 30-year division of the island. The plan is to be put to a vote on April 24. Rejection by either side would likely be final, said U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. "It is a choice between this or no settlement at all," he said in Switzerland after presenting his latest draft. Greek Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos claimed in a TV address that the plan violates E.U. principles by preventing thousands of Greek Cypriots from returning...
...closes with a cover of the Beach Boys’ “Caroline, No,” which was recorded live at the Coney Island Museum in their hometown. It is always risky covering a well-known song, let alone one off the immortal album Pet Sounds, but TMBG do justice to the Beach Boys with their straightforward rendition of the wholesome lost love ballad...
...magnanimous attempt to brighten the social lives of those around them, Javier A. Valle ’04 and his Adams Senior House roommates throw it down as best they can each week, welcoming friends and guests into their newly-painted living room for “Strong Island Iced Tea” and “Edward Forty-Hands”-themed parties. The one catch: Valle opens his doors only to members of the Class of 2004. Freshman girls will have to find their midweek booze fix elsewhere...
...first novice eight Black and White crew took on the second novice heavyweight crews from the same schools, and came in second (7:50.0), a little over a second behind Buffalo (7:48.8), but more than 25 seconds ahead of Rhode Island...