Every day, every minute, and every second the international community waits for the thumbs-up from Burma's sadist junta to deliver vital medical supplies and food aid into the country increases the possibility of worsening an already gargantuan humanitarian catastrophe. Yet, the international community has barely begun to respond to this crisis, which began in early May.

There is little doubt that presumptive Republican pesidential nominee John McCain, is banking his candidacy on being strong on security-related issues. Whether singing about bombing Iran, committing himself to chase Osama Bin Laden to hell, or voting against a ban on water-boarding, McCain wants to be the “tough guy.” Apparently, that “toughness” also includes reversing...

The recent brutalization of Buddhist monks in Burma, the collapse of a cease-fire in Sudan, and the lashing of a rape victim in Saudi Arabia have intensified global calls for human rights improvements. Echoing the “Mearsheimer realism” of the U of C’s political science department, however, many human rights activists have seemingly decided that the...

I am writing this piece to both explain and justify my intention to vote in the upcoming Campus Dining Advisory Board (CDAB) meeting to ban Coca-Cola products from University of Chicago Dining Halls, despite the Student Government (SG) Assembly’s 14–6–6 decision recommending the opposite. As a second-year College Council Representative and member of CDAB for...

With a year and a half of student government experience at the University of Chicago and in my current role as the Class of 2009’s elected representative to College Council, I find several actions of this year’s council to be cause for concern. They are taking steps harmful not only to fellow council members, but...