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...Chilean author Isabel Allende has penned a number of novels describing, in striking detail, the horrors of former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet's regime. From hidden mass graves to public executions of dissidents, these atrocities can fill volumes. Yet Allende only refers to Pinochet as the man in sunglasses and a beret. Her reluctance to explicitly name Pinochet underscores the terrifying influence the former dictator still holds over many Chileans...
...rebuild its currently dilapidated image, one wonders if the blueprints call for a wrecking crane. More than one month after allegations of campaign violations surfaced, newly elected council president Fentrice D. Driskell '01 and vice president John A. Burton '01 have, disappointingly, failed to address adequately a number of critical issues. But equally disturbing is the recent decision by council members to "impeach" Burton and place him on "trial"--an inappropriate action that subverts the vice president's accountability to the students and, in all likelihood, will serve to speed the process by which the council's reputation is reduced...
While we can certainly understand the frustrations of Kyle D. Hawkins '02 and John P. Marshall '01, the motion's sponsors, in getting information from the Driskell and Burton, the motion is flawed in a number of ways. First, the motion itself lacks a certain degree of legitimacy. The vast majority of those who have signed onto the motion ran on or worked for rival campaigns, and it is hard to believe that political bitterness is without influence. The BGLTSA has also publicly condemned the motion, further damaging the motion's credibility...
...says one official urged him, off the record, to break the law--to change the number on the Customs invoice so it would appear that he was importing goods not subject to the tariff. Reinert demurred. "I could end up in jail for it," he says. "I don't want to be the only one without a chair when the music stops...
...have special powers," asserts Plee, 20, a Karen woman who grew up in Johnny and Luther's village. She has taken refuge in Thailand, but still occasionally sees the twins. "I am sure they won't be killed in battle," she says. "They are able to control a large number of people, so that's why I believe in them...