Archive for the 'Darfur Sudan' Category

UBC Model UN Conference

Thursday, January 13th, 2005

Only 3 days into classes and I’m leaving for Vancouver. UBC Model UN Club is hosting a conference from Jan 13-16th in Vancouver. I joined the MUN Club to learn more about how the UN works, and although I’m enjoying things, I’m feeling a bit down about the UN in general. I’ve been reading The [...]

Darfur Sudan: UN Protest

Saturday, November 13th, 2004

Today, Arjun brought up this piece from Passion of the Present about the ongoing ‘situation’ in Darfur Sudan: “The Sudanese government signed an agreement for peace on Tuesday, with great fanfair that stimulated hopeful reports in the world press. As has been the pattern, within days the government made clear that it did not intend [...]

Planted Amazon.com reviews?

Sunday, September 26th, 2004

How can Amazon.ca have reader-submitted reviews for a book that will not debut until October 12th? My discovery began when I learned that the TRU President’s Lecture Series is presenting Lt.-Gen. (Ret.) Roméo Dallaire on October 14th. Mr. Dallaire is the author of a new book, Shake Hands With the Devil: the Failure of Humanity [...]