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November 28, 1999
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
In an op-ed headlined "Clinton's Broken Promise on African
Genocide," Professor of English Eric Reeves criticizes pointedly
the president's "refusal to speak out forcefully" on
the civil war and humanitarian crisis in Sudan, a practice he
said was foreshadowed by a similar inaction and silence with
regard to the1994 massacre in Rwanda. "In the absence of
such outrage," Reeves writes, "the president's relentless
political instincts have culminated in this most reprehensible
moment of speechlessness, even as it is his office alone that
carries the authority and power to make Sudan visible as what
it most certainly is: the greatest humanitarian crisis in the
world today." [www.chicagotribune.com]
November 29, 1999
NATIONAL POST (Canada)
In the latest in a public campaign against human rights abuses
in Sudan, Professor of English Eric Reeves criticizes the Canadian
Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy for suggesting that the U.S.
is less than fully invested in promoting peace talks to end Sudan's
civil war. Reeves' op-ed, headlined "Sudan crisis calls
for U.S.-Canada accord," adds to public pressure building
on Canada's Talisman Energy, the largest corporate presence in
Sudan and a leading contributor, many believe, to the volatile
armed conflict in that region. [www.nationalpost.com]
November 28, 1999
NEW YORK TIMES
An effort by the National Football League to ban players from
making throat-slashing victory gestures has been met with claims
of racism. Others feel that by condemning violent gestures but
encouraging aggressive play the league is promoting an untenable
double standard. Smith economist Andy Zimbalist sees it like
this: "They [the NFL] have a product to promote and want
to market it in an attractive way. Some fans think it's obnoxious
-- and there might be some racism in that -- but the N.F. L.
doesn't want to turn white fans off." [www.nytimes.com]
November 24, 1999
BOSTON GLOBE
Smith President Ruth Simmons' announcement that the college will
offer as many as three full-tuition scholarships to public school
graduates in neighboring Springfield, Mass., caught the attention
of the Boston Globe, which highlighted the new program under
the headline "Smith leader promotes diversity." The
scholarships, valued at approximately $22,000, are the latest
in an effort to expand Smith's outreach to the largest city in
western Massachusetts and to increase opportunities for minority
students. [www.boston.com]
November 4, 1999
USA TODAY
J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings and The Autobiography
of Malcolm X are two of the more unexpected items on the list
of the 100 best spiritual books of the century, a project chaired
by lecturer in religion Philip Zaleski, himself the editor of
several volumes of Best Spiritual Writing. "We were looking
for books that seemed exceptional in their literary quality and
their religious or spiritual profundity," Zaleski explained.
"Most are intensely personal." [www.usatoday.com]
November 1999
LADIES HOME JOURNAL
Noted advertising CEO Shelly Lazarus '68, legal scholar Catherine
MacKinnon '69, hotel and restaurant CEO Marilyn Carlson Nelson
'61 and Sophia Smith Award winner and Supreme Court Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg joined such standouts as First Lady Hillary Rodham
Clinton and television icon Oprah Winfrey on the Journal's list
of "America's 100 Most Important Women." The preface
to the article explained, "In her own way, every woman in
this group reflects the multifaceted roles women play on the
eve of the twenty-first century." [www.lhj.com]
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