Author: Sahan Mufti America is supposedly fighting this war to ensure human rights, global security and to increase the security of the average American. It claims it is opposed to flouting international law and disregarding U.N. resolutions. One is only to look at the state of present American foreign ...
Author: Stephen Clarke Having read many opinion pieces on affirmative action and studied the topic from a legal point of view, I believe that there are two key myths that must be dispelled before I can fairly discuss the case for affirmative action.Myth One: The debate over affirmative action is about ...
Author: Daryn Cambridge When the First World War broke out in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson initially proclaimed United States neutrality in reference to the European war. It would take the sinking of the Lusitania (1915) that killed over 1,000 people, and the sinking of five U.S. vessels (1917) by ...
Author: Alexandra Bottemanne and Melanie Mac We propose that Middlebury College support a day of awareness concerning the country's current situation and our relationship to this situation as world citizens. Let us be clear -- we are not asking for the College to take any stance, formal or informal, ...
Author: Jonathan White Editorial: Respect, Learning and Reflection in This 'Moment of Truth'President Bush announced Monday evening that diplomacy has ended in the effort to build international consensus for military action against Iraq. Short of the highly unlikely prospect of President Saddam Hussein ...
Author: Fahim Ahmed It is during times of grave crises that a nation's resolve towards defending the rights and liberties of its people is tested. It is also during these times that the strengths of institutions that define the society as one that is free and democratic are put into trial. During the ...
Author: Deborah Grant I am writing in response to Robert Keiner's letter ("Lawyer Addresses Gravity of False Accusations," The Middlebury Campus, March 12, 2003).Keiner asserts that the verdict of "not guilty" in State of Vermont v. Ogwuegbu is evidence that "[h]e was believed. She was not." Keiner ...
Author: Peter Nelson Aiming for Top Quality HealthcareMany of us are aware that there is a growing healthcare crisis in the United States. Insurance premiums are rising and more and more people find themselves without coverage. Even those that have coverage face increasing deductibles. These factors ...
Author: Edit Honan Since March 28, 1979, the day of the Three Mile Island (TMI) partial nuclear meltdown in Pennsylvania, no new nuclear power plants have been built in the United States. This speaks to an underlying fear that Americans share when it comes to nuclear power -- a fear that I encountered ...
Author: Brian Vito "Iraq has not taken the last chance offered to it by the council," said Ambassador of Cameroon Martin Belinga Eboutou. It's time the U.N. Security Council kept its word: give Iraq no more chances. After 12 years of inspections, although it has not been a continuous 12 years because ...
Author: Daryn Cambridge Many people admire President George W. Bush for going to the United Nations and seeking international support for a potential war against Iraq. At first, I also admired such an effort, until I realized he would have been in breach of the U.N. Charter had he proceeded to attack ...
Author: Bryan Goldberg With war all but certain, the greatest question facing both our nation and the world is the future and relevance of the United Nations. In terms of international opinion, the United Nations is still important, insofar as many people's views hinge upon Security Council authorization. ...
Author: Ryan Hisner Throughout all the debate about the war with Iraq, there is one simple, and to me pertinent, question that is never discussed. Why should the United States, the most flagrant violator of international law and the greatest source of terror in the world, have exclusive rights to weapons ...
Author: Jonathan White Galvanizing Middlebury College Awareness in the Critical Fight Against AIDSThe Middlebury Campus welcomes the initiative put forth by Elizabeth DiCioccio '06 and Jamie Hess '03 in establishing a Middlebury chapter of Students Against Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC). Bringing the fight ...
Author: Hilary Billman Amber Hillman's column on affirmative action conveys a profound lack of knowledge on the part of its writer. The article, based solely on personal prejudices and opinions, fails to truly address Middlebury's affirmative action policies ("Conservative Voice," The Middlebury Campus, ...
Author: Drew Pugsley In light of Iraq's recent "cooperation" with U.N. weapons inspectors with respect to the al-Samoud 2 missile system, I would not advise the United States to attack Iraq today, or tomorrow. Though I, as any rational citizen of this world should conclude, am certain that this is all ...
Author: Laura Kelly The claim that Middlebury College is admitting academically unqualified students to create a more racially diverse community is unfounded. Prospective students must satisfy an academic standard before they are accepted to Middlebury. In addition to academics, the College takes student ...
Author: Fahim Ahmed Since its inception in 1965, affirmative action has been a hotly debated issue in academic, political and legal circles. Hailed by some as a method of redressing discrimination that had persisted despite civil rights laws and constitutional mandates, affirmative action has nevertheless ...
Author: Crystal Belle Since when did the definition of affirmative action become a policy that admits students of color by turning a blind eye on academic standing? According to Amber Hillman '05, I, along with every other student of color on campus, am not academically qualified to be here. Hillman ...
Author: Stephanie Morales Amber Hillman's piece on affirmative action (The Middlebury Campus, Feb. 26, 2003) epitomizes the ignorance and offensiveness that continues to plague this country on issues of race and diversity. Part of a Middlebury education involves dialogue, and providing a forum where ...