Yesterday the U.S. and North Korea agreed to a food aid program that would send nutritional supplements to Pyongyang in exchange for halting uranium enrichment and allowing IAEA inspectors to visit North Korea’s main nuclear facility, Yongbyon. Although the temporary cessation of testing programs at this facility is definitely a step in the right direction, [...]
It is now believed that some type of U.S. intervention is likely in Syria. According to the Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat, the U.S. is planning to provide a “secure zone” for Syrian refugees at the Turkey-Syria border as well as humanitarian aid for all Syrians. An aerial blockade is also possible, but it is unclear [...]
While religious freedom has been a controversial issue at Vanderbilt in recent weeks, one man in Iran is likely to lose his life over the desire to practice his religion freely. Iran has been on a lot of people’s minds lately, mostly because of concerns over their burgeoning nuclear weapons program and cessation of oil [...]
Love is being stupid together. We’ve done a lot of it this election cycle. Here’s to 266 more days ’til election 2012. Valentines thanks to the guys at Funny or Die.
It’s now been over a week since the town hall meeting of Tuesday, January 31. You and I are ready to stop hearing, talking, or thinking about it and the controversy that inspired it. But the conversation is still going, no matter where we turn. This Thursday and Friday the Board of Trust will be [...]
While the administration scrambles to figure out how exactly the nondiscrimination/all-comers policy is to be applied, and while the 56 members of the Board of Trustees begin venturing to Nashville for Thursday’s meeting, David Maynard dropped this letter in the mail. David was one of the founding members of the Torch back in 2001, and [...]
Much has been written about the town hall experience since it happened on Tuesday. The Hustler provided a good summary of what went on that night. But reading accounts and opinions isn’t quite like watching the full three hours. At the meeting, Provost McCarty and Vice Chancellor Williams didn’t introduce a nondiscrimination policy, but rather [...]
Tomorrow night is Chancellor Zeppos’ promised town hall meeting. As the Hustler described it, it’s the day of reckoning, the culmination of a year of debate over nondiscrimination and religious freedom. I’m anticipating a propagandistic presentation of the policy, complete with fluffy rhetoric, including such phrases as “open inquiry,” “compassion and excellence,” “diversity of thought [...]
Note: Natasha Abdullah is the author of this post The journey Congresswoman Gabby Giffords has been on is nothing short of a miracle. America has been united behind her in support during her journey to recovery after she was shot in the head by a would be assassin in Tucson. It’s rare to see the [...]
It’s been 75 days since a group of about 100 students gathered outside the Student Life Center to pray over the Board of Trustees as it discussed Vanderbilt’s non-discrimination clause and its effects on religious organizations on campus. Nothing has changed in the last 75 days. Beta Upsilon Chi is still under investigation. Three other [...]
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