| Vol XXXV No. 126 | Wednesday, April 17, 2002 |
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Professor elected head of human rights group
Once a political prisoner in his native country and now a progressive leader working to preserve universal human rights, Juan Mendez, professor of law and director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame, was elected president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) marking a new chapter of Mendez's life-long commitment as an advocate of human rights. His impressive record of investigating human rights violations began ... [more]
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Tanks and violence will not solve Palestinian conflict
I am writing in response to John Litle's April 16 column. I am far from an enraged liberal, but I am not about to sit back and let someone say that Palestinians should be happy with what they have. Indeed the ... [more]
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MEN'S TENNIS: Smith, Taborga take different paths to the top
They come from two very different backgrounds, one from Bolivia, and the other from Kansas City, Mo., but they enjoy numerous commonalities — and tennis pervades them all. Seniors Javier Taborga and Casey Smith both started playing tennis at age five. ... [more]
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A restaurant with soul
You can tell a lot about a place by the cars parked in its lot. An abundance of BMWs and Mercedes-Benzes makes an establishment look snobbish; a place like that is as inviting to a broke college student as Cuba is ... [more]
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