tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51368872011-06-08T02:21:12.380-04:00Political Paradigm 'BlogWelcome to the weblog of Hunter College's Political Paradigm journal! This blog features current political writings of the Paradigm's editorial staff and contributing writers. Enjoy your visit! <a href="http://studentweb.hunter.cuny.edu/~poliparadigm">Political Paradigm homepage</a> <i>Note: Posts to this blog are the opinions and views of the individual writers, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Political Paradigm, the UN Student Association, or Hunter College.</i>Paradigm staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441977466728203829noreply@blogger.comBlogger1221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1106034901132411312005-01-18T02:53:00.000-05:002005-01-18T02:55:01.133-05:00I'm helping to organize this. Come!
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Please join us on Wednesday, January 19 at 6:30 pm for a panel
discussion entitled "Genocide in Darfur: Human Rights, the
International Criminal Court, and the U.S. Response."
Wednesday, January 19 at 6:30 pm
Fordham Law School
140 W. 62nd Street, New York, NY
McNally Amphitheater
Panelists are:
Richard WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1093753484546902472004-08-29T00:22:00.000-04:002004-08-29T00:24:44.546-04:00While the RNC is comming up soon, I wont be able to cover that, here is the commentary on the DNC I promised you guys :)
Arriving into Boston, a city I was very unfamiliar with along with the American political system I had largely ignored as a political science major, I wasn’t sure what I was to expect out of the entire convention. Fortunately for me, the first night in Boston was a laid back Paradigm staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441977466728203829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1090533124829029592004-07-22T17:47:00.000-04:002004-07-22T17:52:04.830-04:00I will be volunteering and reporting right here for the upcomming Democratic National Convention this upcomming week of July 26-29 in Boston, MA . Stay tuned, right here to get an insiders prespective into the 'back-door' politics of poltical parties!
Mohammad Saleem,
Independent Correspondant
Paradigm staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441977466728203829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1087999452120319312004-06-23T09:59:00.000-04:002004-06-23T10:10:58.026-04:00City College psychology professor Bill Crain was arrested yesterday while trying to enter the "vertical campus" of Baruch College. He and a group of other CUNY affiliates (mostly professors) were testing whether Baruch truly adhered to the spirit of an "open" campus that is supposed to be the policy CUNY-wide. Apparently it didn't work out as planned.
You can follow the developments on the WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1087831289973040182004-06-21T11:07:00.000-04:002004-06-21T11:21:29.973-04:00You're a high school valedictorian in a suburban Long Island district. That should mean an easy ride into the Ivy Leagues right? Not if you're an illegal immigrant.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1087771018889351852004-06-20T18:35:00.000-04:002004-06-20T18:36:58.890-04:00Arianna Huffington has a verbal bitch-slap of a commencement address for the class of 2004.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1087321263931169262004-06-15T13:38:00.000-04:002004-06-15T13:41:03.930-04:00
The Rev. Calvin Butts recently spoke at Hunter's spring commencement.
Here's a roundup of other keynote commencement speeches from colleges around the country.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1087223485099107422004-06-14T10:29:00.000-04:002004-06-14T10:31:25.100-04:00The New York Times has 2 more op-ed articles today calling for direct lending of student loans by the federal government:
-What School Loan Scandal?
-Putting Students First
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1086873508210418372004-06-10T09:13:00.000-04:002004-06-10T09:18:28.210-04:00They're watching you. College fundraising researchers, that is. They know who you are, where you live, and how much you make.
How's Hunter's institutional advancement office doing?
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1086731954601304792004-06-08T17:55:00.000-04:002004-06-08T17:59:14.600-04:00While more students are relying on loans for college, a measure before Congress may end fixed-rate loan consolidation for federal student loans after 2006.
Meanwhile, a study has found that at many schools, black and latino students aren't graduating within 4 - 6 years in numbers that are higher than the national trend.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1084912173690271512004-05-18T16:26:00.000-04:002004-05-18T16:29:33.690-04:00The NY Times has a piece on how colleges spend big bucks to get big name commencement speakers.
On the same note, Hunter's Spring 2004 Commencement speaker will be Evelyn Lauder, Class of 1958, the current senior VP of the Estee Lauder cosmetics company.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1083879038579233652004-05-06T17:30:00.000-04:002004-05-06T17:34:58.436-04:00Like so much other House GOP legislation, the Higher Education Act reauthorization is loaded with favors for big banks.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1083535501717780802004-05-02T18:05:00.000-04:002004-05-02T18:35:24.106-04:00How the government (and students, and taxpayers) can save money on college by opting for direct loans vs. FFFL loans.
Students at the University of Colorado vote to increase fees by $100 in order to help the school pay for building improvements.
Just how much money will students save (or lose) under Governor Pataki's new student loan scheme?
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1083135343379884262004-04-28T02:55:00.000-04:002004-04-28T02:59:51.403-04:00As Wealthy Fill Top Colleges, New Efforts to Level the Field, NY Times, 4/22/04
Kerry Unveils College-Tuition Assistance Plan, NY Times, 4/14/04
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1083084819935413262004-04-27T12:53:00.000-04:002004-04-27T12:57:47.216-04:00I once speculated that someone could get by in college rent-free if they just slept in the library and showered in the gym. Someone's actually done that.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1082669969792855742004-04-22T17:39:00.000-04:002004-04-22T17:43:30.920-04:00Student Government elections are coming!!!
2004 Hunter College Student Elections
It is time for the 2004 Hunter College Undergraduate Student Elections!
Your vote counts... use it!!!
This email contains a link to your personal ballot for the Hunter 2004 Elections. Your registration code is embedded within the link. Please do not share this email with others. The voting begins on Monday, AprilWLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1081882969784272102004-04-13T15:02:00.000-04:002004-04-13T15:11:51.966-04:00The infamous US News & World Report college rankings came out last week, and the debate continues.
Also in the NY Times:
-Overachieving 12th graders are now being told by colleges to stop and smell the roses during freshman year.
-Diversity and racial affirmative action are red herrings to the real problem of college admissions - that of rich vs. poor.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1081528742301864782004-04-09T12:39:00.000-04:002004-04-11T03:07:12.856-04:00Princeton tries to curb grade inflation by placing a quota on A grades.
Also, Congress is debating whether to change the way students can structure their college debts. This is one to watch.
And, you already know this, but college textbook costs are still going up.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1081200302865770832004-04-05T17:25:00.000-04:002004-04-05T17:28:41.670-04:00A Brooklyn College student has penned another book on the Simpsons and philosophy.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1080746718091877022004-03-31T10:25:00.000-05:002004-03-31T10:29:27.623-05:00Brooklyn College is sitting pretty. First it gets named by Princeton Review as "most beautiful campus". Now it's been named #3 for "best value".
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1079536112865506772004-03-17T10:08:00.000-05:002004-03-17T10:11:46.466-05:00You have a drug conviction, you're outta jail, and you wanna go to college. You just need some federal student aid to pay for it. The government sez to you: drop dead.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1078943107072674892004-03-10T13:25:00.000-05:002004-03-10T13:28:11.936-05:00Readings from the Christian Science Monitor:
-Average debt for college graduates has risen 66% between 1997 and 2002, leaving many too poor for social service jobs.
-The hook-up now has a near-stranglehold over the dating scene on most college campuses.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1078154594119071842004-03-01T10:23:00.000-05:002004-03-01T10:27:13.110-05:00The right hates affirmative action, the left hates legacy admissions. What's a college recruiter to do?
A short history on the controversey of the design of the Hunter North Building.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1078129480611088772004-03-01T01:00:00.000-05:002004-03-01T03:27:32.483-05:00Timothy Noah of Slate is still chronicling the eventual sellout of the Kurds by the US, again.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1077522403445467292004-02-19T02:46:00.000-05:002004-02-23T02:49:45.733-05:00Yet more mortgaging of the future by de-funding public colleges. Grr.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1075912954699543272004-02-03T22:42:00.000-05:002004-02-04T11:44:52.483-05:00Bye bye Miss American Pie
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the deaths of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson, in a plane crash in Texas. Otherwise known as "the day the music died," and immortalized in Don McLean's classic ode to old school rock.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1075540848276068752004-01-31T04:00:00.000-05:002004-01-31T21:48:56.560-05:00questions to wonder about?
Q: If a study was conducted and it said that X race of people are likely to shelter terrorists, would the U.S. take action against where they live?
A: Of course not, we in the U.S. do not judge people on the race, color, creed or religion and respect the private property of others.
Then why is the U.S. silent on the matter against Pakistan doing the same and has put Paradigm staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441977466728203829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1074322140594348622004-01-17T01:49:00.000-05:002004-01-17T01:50:53.826-05:00Yet another article on the precarious situation facing low-income students who want a college education. The problem isn't necessarily tuition hikes, it's the federal and state system of financial aid and savings plans.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1074058802208423632004-01-13T23:32:00.000-05:002004-01-14T00:56:23.030-05:00CUNY's fortunes in Albany are often tied to SUNY, for better or for worse. So increasing state lawmakers' attention to either institution is a boost for public higher education overall. More on improving SUNY from the Village Voice.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1073773522072482082004-01-10T17:25:00.000-05:002004-01-10T17:27:07.390-05:00Kids! Here's another cartoon from the Center for American Progress!
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1072670383943680812003-12-20T22:59:00.000-05:002004-01-10T17:26:05.950-05:00
On winter break. Will be back in January!
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1071597689942547632003-12-16T13:01:00.000-05:002003-12-16T13:02:42.280-05:00WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1071430838021138162003-12-14T14:40:00.000-05:002003-12-15T22:10:04.500-05:00We got him!
Saddam has definitely seen better days. More from the NY Times.
And, William Rivers Pitt wants to give you a grain of salt.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1071265499606142092003-12-12T16:44:00.000-05:002003-12-13T13:16:10.450-05:00Recent developments in the Afghanistan Constitutional drawing up are alarming, according to Crisisweb. To my understanding, weren't the reasons for WAR against Afghanistan to make the country democratic, ensure human rights and the increase the role of women in government, and to create a clear system between Islamic Law and Law of the government. It appears as if the state of Afghanistan is Paradigm staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441977466728203829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1070636176377251432003-12-05T09:56:00.000-05:002003-12-05T09:57:13.326-05:00In case you missed it earlier this week:
-SUNY: Yearly Tuition Hikes
-Senator chastises SUNY for $270,000 hire while increasing tuition
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1070601622231943442003-12-05T00:20:00.000-05:002003-12-05T00:21:19.140-05:00The New York Post is not usually one to give props to CUNY, but yesterday it ran an editorial calling for more state aid to CUNY.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1070382856358342872003-12-02T11:34:00.000-05:002003-12-02T11:35:09.763-05:00Fun with Google: type miserable failure into Google's search box and see what you get. Better yet, hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button! =)
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1070034494365550272003-11-28T10:48:00.000-05:002003-11-28T10:50:42.200-05:00 Class Struggle 101
Following up on Will's post, here's a little tidbit on some of Barbara Ehrenreich's writing. Although I haven't read Nickel and Dimed yet- I'm sure it will make an excellent reading during the upcoming uber-consuming holidays that follow.MChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332268023590282692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1070003454928044782003-11-27T23:07:00.000-05:002003-11-28T02:11:42.873-05:00Barbara Ehrenreich is one of the best muckrakers of today's journalism. She's profiled this month in Columbia Journalism Review.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1069364502938123282003-11-20T16:41:00.000-05:002003-11-20T16:42:28.200-05:00SCARY!!!
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1069030959413108122003-11-16T20:02:00.000-05:002003-11-16T20:03:11.640-05:00Now I don't know whether to be scared, angry, or just plain annoyed. The latest crap from those in support of George W. "the Edumacation President" Bush involves defunding college international/area studies programs if they're deemed too leftist. At least the Yalies are doing something about it. Vijay Prashad puts things in perspective.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1068967195219864882003-11-16T02:19:00.000-05:002003-11-16T02:20:26.250-05:00It's no secret that college tuition is way too high and getting higher. Here's what some in Congress want to do about it.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1068423473198731212003-11-09T19:17:00.000-05:002003-11-09T19:18:16.043-05:00A New York Times report charges that elite colleges get the lion's share of federal education aid money, and it's not necessarily going to needy students.
Plus, some context in the debate on tuition price-caps.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1067959654941634132003-11-04T10:27:00.000-05:002003-11-04T10:27:50.640-05:00This is a topic that I've been following on and off since my first days of college. I remember at Columbia, there were maybe 2-3 student suicides every year (and add to that 1-2 murders, but that's another subject). I don't know the statistics for Hunter, but I'm sure the phenomenon isn't unknown here either.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1067527926190969352003-10-30T10:32:00.000-05:002003-10-30T15:38:59.233-05:00Tuition hikes at public colleges aren't a problem, so long as the hikes are matched by equivalent financial aid increases, so sez profs from Yale and UC Berkeley.
Speaking of tuition hikes, the Onion once again has the straight story.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1067526447460380232003-10-30T10:07:00.000-05:002003-10-30T10:07:26.746-05:00The further misedumacation of George W. Bush
Bush bitch-slaps education again! For years, nobody in DC touched the Pell Grant program. Low as the grant amounts were, they still helped thousands of low-income students go to college. Now the "no child left behind" president may be leaving behind 85,000 students by changing the Pell Grant rules.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1066887275732633042003-10-23T01:34:00.000-04:002003-10-23T01:34:35.563-04:00Here's the latest installment of Timothy Noah's Kurd Sellout Watch on Slate. Now that the Turks are on board with the coalition, what's gonna happen to autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan? Stay tuned.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1066512103976489512003-10-18T17:21:00.000-04:002003-10-19T08:27:22.680-04:00Lil' Kim
For those of you that can pick up a copy of the Sunday New York Times- you should definitely read this week's article on Kim Jong Il titled The Last Emperor . It's an excellent read that fleshes out his muddled family history and personal background quite nicely- a lot like the last episodes of Dallas, only with Nuclear Weapons.
One of my favorites lines definitely has to be- "UntilMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332268023590282692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1066216480890649512003-10-15T07:14:00.000-04:002003-10-15T08:48:09.540-04:00Harvard's Rash Attempt to be Funny
Being smart and funny- is something that money or a top tier education can't buy. Check out what the Harvard boyz are doing with their attempt to show their funny side.
Can you smell that? That's what happens when onions get spoiled.
Love,
Miro- your player- hater in Paris.
MChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332268023590282692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1065986569579529652003-10-12T15:22:00.000-04:002003-10-12T15:22:49.433-04:00Live, from Abu Dhabi, it's the return of Comical Ali!!! =)
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1065772839934016712003-10-10T04:00:00.000-04:002003-10-10T05:54:33.066-04:00The Governator
It's scary to think that the same guy who wore a loincloth and answered to a guy named Crom- is now governor of the State of California. How did this happen? How did "Arnold Gropenator" manage to oust Davis from his seat? This being only the second time in US history where a governor has been removed.
What perplexes me most is- why didn't we use this same energy and determinationMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332268023590282692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1065239768213763452003-10-03T23:56:00.000-04:002003-10-04T00:00:45.440-04:00Re: Matthew Hall
First, the latest info:
HUNTER MOURNS MATT HALL
ZULU-SLAY DUO
Zulu Nation Questioned in College Student Assassination
And, from a school-wide e-mail sent by Hunter College President Jennifer Raab:
It is with profound shock and sadness that I must inform you of the death of one of our students, Matthew Hall, who just began his second year with us. We learned this afternoon WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1065207573602324402003-10-03T14:59:00.000-04:002003-10-03T15:04:09.863-04:00Can anybody fill me on the Mattew Hall situtation?
Curious- exchange students want to know.MChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332268023590282692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1064645573285790692003-09-27T02:52:00.000-04:002003-09-27T02:52:52.750-04:00I first heard Shashi Tharoor speak at the opening ceremony of NMUN 2002, and I was impressed by his candor and his articulate speaking style. As a higher-up at the UN, he's of course got a pro-UN agenda to push whenever he speaks or writes publicly in defense of the organization, but I find his arguments nonetheless compelling and worth heeding. Here's his latest article in Foreign Affairs. WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1064578809324070322003-09-26T08:20:00.000-04:002003-09-26T10:51:28.926-04:00While your were sleeping
A shout out to the Homies in NY- word just got out here in Paris that the eminent scholar and critic,
Dr. Edward Said has passed away.
This is a sad day indeed for all parts of the world no matter where you stand or what you believe in.
Peace
MChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15332268023590282692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1064414464115679952003-09-24T10:41:00.000-04:002003-09-24T10:58:06.480-04:00Lawyers do what they do best: litigate!
Law schools that do not allow recruiters with discriminatory policies on campus are suing to overturn the Solomon Amendment. The amendment requires all universities that receive federal aid to allow military recruiters on campus. Since the military discriminates against homosexuals under "don't ask, don't tell", the law schools (and by extension all WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1064244773563595012003-09-22T11:32:00.000-04:002003-09-22T11:32:53.290-04:00First Amendment? What's that?
Hunter students snub the ACLU at last week's on-campus event.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1064173770845092952003-09-21T15:49:00.000-04:002003-09-21T15:49:30.480-04:00The Misedumacation of George W. Bush
Surprise! "No Child Left Behind" is leaving children behind by creating unfair burdens on schools. It's not that teachers, administrators, and lawmakers don't want higher education standards, it's that the Bush administration isn't giving schools enough money to meet these new standards. $87 billion for Iraq? How about $87 billion for the schools of Harlem WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1063804626993036982003-09-17T09:17:00.000-04:002003-09-17T09:17:06.933-04:00Jim Kessler, a private DC consultant, has written a good article for UPI examining Wesley Clark's chances as a presidential candidate.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1063717438520934342003-09-16T09:03:00.000-04:002003-09-19T10:27:56.026-04:00A collection of recent education articles from the NY Times of relevance to CUNY:
High Tuition Debts and Low Pay Drain Public Interest Law ...could law school debt cancellation become the most popular solutin?
Study Finds Athletes Have Little Connection to Student Life ...more fuel in the debate about football vs. science labs.
On the Heights, a Chill Wind Begins to Blow ...on Columbia WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1063288548770530862003-09-11T09:55:00.000-04:002003-09-11T09:55:48.770-04:00WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1063248534707529552003-09-10T22:48:00.000-04:002003-09-10T22:48:54.586-04:00NJ federal judge orders lawyer to go back to law school. Finally, tort reform that works...
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1062111265018406772003-08-28T18:54:00.000-04:002003-08-28T18:54:24.873-04:00More from Timothy Noah's Kurd Sellout Watch on Slate.
Day 75: Kurds, the US, and the UN
Day 143: More Kurds, the US, and the UN
Day 147: Turkey wants to move more troops into Iraq
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1061701166984038082003-08-24T00:59:00.000-04:002003-08-24T01:20:31.636-04:00I'm sure many CUNY and Hunter students are in the same boat as the students quoted for the article below. Not having enough classes (or class sections) available means students end up paying more for college while getting shortchanged in their education. For some courses, especially languages, losing a semester means that both the student and the professor have to waste valuable class time on WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1061695577284689382003-08-23T23:26:00.000-04:002003-08-28T06:24:32.366-04:00Sergio Vieira de Mello up for Nobel Prize?
Brazil's former president wants to nominate the late UN envoy for the Nobel peace prize. It would, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp., require the Nobel committee to make a rule change, but I think it's appropriate given de Mello's work in Kosovo, East Timor, and Iraq. Still, Kofi Annan and the UN system won the prize just two years ago soWLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1061624053077231622003-08-23T03:34:00.000-04:002003-08-23T03:34:12.996-04:00Kids, here's your weekend reading assignment. I'm sure Professor Roberts would put it on her reading list too.
When you think about big military spenders, you think of the US, China, Israel, the UK, and some other ass-whuppers. But Norway? A country that hasn't exactly threatened anybody in the last 300 years? Why yes. Norway's charismatic defense minister is transforming her country's WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1061505578014153572003-08-21T18:39:00.000-04:002003-08-21T18:39:38.010-04:00NEWSFLASH: "Wide Angle" program on Italy's Berlusconi tonight!
Channel 13's "Wide Angle" program takes a look at Italy's PM Silvio Berlusconi, the controversial businessman-politician. Check it out tonight at 9pm EDT (or check your local PBS listings).
More on Berlusconi...
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1061313093018232382003-08-19T13:11:00.000-04:002003-08-19T13:51:08.686-04:00NEWSFLASH: Massive truck bomb blows up UN HQ in Baghdad
It's ironic to think that UN workers in Iraq were probably safer working there under Saddam than now when the US is in charge. CNN reports 13 casualties from this latest terrorist bombing but that number will, sadly, probably go up. It's also reported that Sergio Vieira de Mello, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the top UN WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1061267450460303992003-08-19T00:30:00.000-04:002003-08-19T00:30:50.400-04:00Stop by a Barnes and Noble or a Borders or somewhere and check out the latest issue of the Economist. Theres an article on NGO's and how corporations should deal with them. As an activist who has tried to make Nike, Disney and the Gap listen, I thought it was interesting and very good at giving some insight into both sides.
BrendanBrendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06045481617108285216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1061264395946614052003-08-18T23:39:00.000-04:002003-08-18T23:39:55.840-04:00I had to check into the hunter dorms the day of the blackout and carried all my crap up to the fifth floor. that sucked. it sucked more when i found out that i was in the wrong room. it sucked less when i found out i was on the girls side of the floor. ok thats all for now.
-brendanBrendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06045481617108285216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1060903388971153982003-08-14T19:23:00.000-04:002003-08-14T19:27:39.500-04:00The Blackout of 2003:
Coverage from ABC News and CBS News.
Apparently an overload up near Niagara Falls caused power stations from New York City to Toronto to Detroit to shut down. Bloomberg says power will be restored by tomorrow. Hope everyone gets home safe tonight. Well, at least the blackout hit during daylight hours...
So, where were you when the great blackout of '03 hit? Post your WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1060830445158204082003-08-13T23:07:00.000-04:002003-08-13T23:12:06.483-04:00Coming soon: Watch this space for 2004 Republican and Democratic convention coverage! Stay tuned.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1060120702244300342003-08-05T17:58:00.000-04:002003-08-05T17:58:22.213-04:00The latest installment of Timothy Noah's Kurd Sellout Watch on Slate. Is George W. Bush gonna sell out the Iraqi Kurds like his daddy did 12 years ago? Stay tuned.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1060058383480760262003-08-05T00:39:00.000-04:002003-08-05T00:39:43.453-04:00More good stuff:
International Crisis Group - The Special Court for Sierra Leone: Promises and Pitfalls of a “New Model”
STRATFOR - The Wall of Sharon
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1059927758110042882003-08-03T12:22:00.000-04:002003-08-21T18:50:27.996-04:00Kids, your political reading of the week, this time from The Economist:
Most rational people can probably agree that Silvio Berlusconi is hardly a shining example of Italian statesmanship. This week's Economist takes him to task yet again. The magazine explains why it has singled out Berlusconi as the target of its investigation in an "open letter" to the Italian PM. Plus, more from the WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1059799611872695982003-08-02T00:46:00.000-04:002003-08-02T00:49:52.303-04:00I'm sorry, something just ain't right with a state that can possibly let Larry Flynt run for governor against Arnold Schwarzenegger. Now I'm all for Larry's free speech work, but even Jerry Springer has some political experience as mayor of Cincinnati.
Again, only in America...
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1059367995043372382003-07-28T00:53:00.000-04:002003-07-28T00:54:30.120-04:00France's Chance
As the US continues to dither on whether to send peacekeepers into Liberia, I see an opportunity opening up for our friends the French. For years they have claimed to be champions of human rights - "liberté, egalité, fraternité." And in the run-up to Operation Iraqi Freedom, they have taken a position against war for war's sake, as the US campaign is characterized. But now, here WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1058948498173189712003-07-23T04:21:00.000-04:002003-07-23T04:21:38.103-04:00It would have been great if CUNY's bid to host ACUNS won out. Certainly would have been a coup for CUNY. I didn't even know we made a bid... does anyone have more info about that? Anyway, I don't think the IR course offerings at Hunter are in as dire a state as Crossette's article may make it out to be. But still, expanding the IR offerings would always be nice.
Academic Council on U.N. System WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1058364745168848622003-07-16T10:12:00.000-04:002003-07-16T10:49:04.960-04:00Novelist Suki Kim chats with actor/producer Welly Yang about the meaning of Asian-American.
Also, Howard Dean may be in the spotlight as the 2004 Democratic presidential frontrunner, but I wouldn't mind if Bill Bradley gave it another run. Here's why.
Meanwhile, Bush is back from Africa. But really nothing's changed.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-1057901673021950662003-07-11T01:34:00.000-04:002003-07-11T01:34:32.920-04:00A Prime Minister's Questions session not to be missed! Iain Duncan Smith grills Tony Blair on the faked Africa-Iraq connection.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-956526322003-06-14T00:57:00.000-04:002003-06-14T00:57:55.756-04:00Is Pervez Musharraf is going to Pakistan a Shia't state? ...NO, its Power!
In response to a posting, as shown below, I believe that Musharraf is not motivated by any religious means behind his string of Shia officials advancements. Rationally speaking it is a wise strategy that he is applying in order to maintain power and I think that that the 'analyst' who wrote this article showed concern inParadigm staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441977466728203829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-956503762003-06-13T23:22:00.000-04:002003-06-13T23:22:20.710-04:00
Dubya manages to fall off an "idiot proof" Segway scooter. With pictures!
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-956043812003-06-12T16:59:00.000-04:002003-06-12T17:01:23.000-04:00"Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!" ringing in the halls of the Senate? Jerry Springer thinks yes. =)
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-955456972003-06-11T08:18:00.000-04:002003-06-11T23:00:41.000-04:00Peacekeeping's Unsavory Side
by Barbara Crossette
UNITED NATIONS--Among the uglier stories surrounding international peacekeeping in recent years is that U.N. operations too often fuel booms in local prostitution, frequently involving women abducted or duped by criminal trafficking gangs to be forced into brothels. Sadly, there are also documented cases of peacekeepers--a minority, to be sure--jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16253468756602320665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-949334862003-05-27T06:09:00.000-04:002003-05-27T06:09:54.506-04:00"Of course, they have senior Al Qaeda in Iran, that's a fact," Rummy said at the Pentagon briefing on Wednesday. "Iran is one of the countries that is, in our view, assessed as developing a nuclear capability, and that's unfortunate."
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/25/opinion/25DOWD.htm
ahem, does this remind you of something very similarly said about another country in the Middle East. Paradigm staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441977466728203829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-944403042003-05-16T05:44:00.000-04:002003-05-16T05:44:17.700-04:00
US says: cooperate with the war crimes tribunal!
US says: don't cooperate with (that other) war crimes tribunal!
Croatia smells a rat
More:
Independent Student Coalition for the ICC
CICC on "Impunity Agreements"
WICC on "Impunity Agreements"
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-943173672003-05-14T04:30:00.000-04:002003-05-14T04:32:04.000-04:00What liberals think of the anti-war movement: not much.
Judging from the failure of the anti-war movement to generate much momentum even following the massive rallies of the last few months, one has to ask if it's a lost cause tilting at the windmills. Arguably, the answer is yes, and even very activist, very anti-war liberals realize that. One only has to look back at the debacle that was WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-942510592003-05-13T02:58:00.001-04:002003-05-13T02:58:41.963-04:00Does this seem familiar?? 1979... has the US created something of an Frakenstein again? this time, we put them in power...is this the end for democratic peace theory...the preventive war theory has already been disproved by US actually going to war with Iraq and now this... Iran revived.
Returning from 23 years of exile in Iran, the gray-bearded cleric came in a noisy flag-flying convoy, led by Paradigm staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441977466728203829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-942510532003-05-13T02:58:00.000-04:002003-05-13T02:58:30.273-04:00Does this seem familiar?? 1979... has the US created something of an Frakenstein again? this time, we put them in power...is this the end for democratic peace theory...the preventive war theory has already been disproved by US actually going to war with Iraq and now this... Iran revived.
Returning from 23 years of exile in Iran, the gray-bearded cleric came in a noisy flag-flying convoy, led by Paradigm staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441977466728203829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-940942912003-05-10T02:18:00.000-04:002003-05-10T02:22:25.000-04:00This is just lovely... I want Bush to just try and explain this nomination to Congress... He could have picked any former diplomat or any Middle Eastern studies prof. But no, he picks Daniel Pipes. It's not so much that I'm for or against Pipes' nomination, it's just that the sheer amount of controversey Pipes generates should have sent up some warning flares in the West Wing that this is a WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-938482632003-05-06T03:03:00.000-04:002003-05-06T03:06:05.000-04:00
They were once men - great kings of men. Then Sauron the deceiver gave to them nine rings of power. Blinded by their greed, they took them without question. One by one they've fallen into darkness. Now they are slaves to his will. They are the Nazgul, Ringwraiths, neither living nor dead. At all times they feel the presence of the Ring, drawn to the power of the One. They will never stop huntingWLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-938463502003-05-06T02:06:00.000-04:002003-05-06T02:06:02.443-04:00From a UN News report from May 5:
"A United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) team arrived today in Taiwan Province of China, to support health authorities there in combating the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, which has accelerated considerably during the past week."
It's disgusting how much the US, the UN, the EU, and almost everyone else has bent over backwards to WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-937744362003-05-04T22:06:00.000-04:002003-05-04T22:06:24.440-04:00
It doesn't matter if you're Kofi Annan or a lowly NGO grunt like me. The rule is the same: don't piss off the hired help.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-936455942003-05-02T08:31:00.000-04:002003-05-02T08:31:16.850-04:00
Your political reading of the day:
Timothy Noah's 17th installment of his Kurd Sellout Watch, now at Day 60, on Slate.
The DC neocon-Jewish connection debunked by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
You don't know jack about jihad, sez Canada's National Post.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-935821832003-05-01T03:02:00.000-04:002003-05-01T03:02:55.036-04:00
You've seen them on the news, now ABC News brings you the deck of cards with Iraq's most wanted!
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-931628202003-04-24T02:25:00.000-04:002003-04-24T02:28:21.000-04:00
"War does not determine who is right--only who is left." - Bertrand Russell
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-924143532003-04-11T03:28:00.000-04:002003-04-11T03:28:22.280-04:00
An epitaph for the reign of Saddam Hussein.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-922452602003-04-08T17:16:00.000-04:002003-04-08T17:38:20.000-04:00The latest installment of Timothy Noah's Kurd Sellout Watch on Slate.
Plus, images of the looting in Basra.
And, the wit and wisdom of Donald H. Rumsfeld.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-922012772003-04-08T01:05:00.000-04:002003-04-08T01:05:32.046-04:00
Welcome to the George W. Bush School of Law. It's funny how Bush, the Pentagon, and the State Department seem now to be engaged in "tribunal fever" - setting up military and war crimes tribunals left and right for al Qaeda and Iraq - while still refusing to acknowledge the International Criminal Court. Actually, no, it's not funny at all... it's just sad.
WLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5136887.post-921136042003-04-06T19:59:00.000-04:002003-04-06T19:59:07.590-04:00It is pretty interesting how history repeats itself. Still some people ignore the past and believe that they can behave in the same way that many did, and nothing will go wrong. They ignore the patterns, and later on, they blame chance for something that they should only blame themselves. Ignoring history is never the better approach to anything, specially in politics, where all our conclusions Paradigm staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441977466728203829noreply@blogger.com