By Travis Rowley on October 26, 2007
“We have to consider the need for additional troops to be in Iraq, to take out the militias and stabilize Iraq…I would say 20,000 to 30,000—for the specific purpose of making sure those militias are dismantled, working in concert with the Iraqi military.”
— (incoming) House Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D), December 2006
“We don’t have [...]
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By Anish Mitra on October 26, 2007
Let us preface our comments with a clarification: this article is not a personal attack on the individuals involved with the South Asian Students’ Association (SASA). We are friendly with various members of the organization and believe that they joined the group with the best of intentions. Our piece is simply an observation from two [...]
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By The Brown Spectator on October 26, 2007
For a number of years, the Brown College Republicans have respected a tradition of passing down a large GOP flag to each successive CR president. This came to an end recently. One or more thieves stole the flag from CR President Marc Frank’s room in Keeney Quad. Since the robbery, the criminal(s) have left 3 [...]
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By Drew Edwards on October 26, 2007
While the exact foundation for a “right to privacy” in America is somewhat constitutionally dubious – there is no such explicit right, as it has been “inferred” from the “penumbra” of various Bill-of-Rights amendments – it is quite clear that Americans highly value their privacy. This is in stark contrast to the UK, where recent [...]
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By Anish Mitra on October 26, 2007
The fact that Jimmy Carter is technically a Nobel laureate means absolutely nothing. His vapid Peace resume fails to equate him with true champions of peace, like the Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa. He will forever be associated with rogue recipients like Yasser Arafat, and he will continue to represent the Nobel committee’s recent inability [...]
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By Andrew Migneault on October 26, 2007
How do you define racism? If you answer that question in a literal sense, racism is “the belief that people of different races have different qualities and abilities, and that some races are inherently superior or inferior.” In today’s day and age, most of us (hopefully) know and believe that this is not true, that [...]
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By Peter Catsimpiris on October 26, 2007
Peter Catsimpiris – Contributing Editor
The monumental confusion surrounding the issue of organ sales in recent discussions that have appeared in The Brown Daily Herald can be avoided by examining the values held in common by members of both sides of this debate. We would all like for two things to happen: first, we would [...]
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