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More Random Candidates, Please

By Rob Valet | November 9, 1998

Well, I for one am very excited that former professional wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura (who, as of last Wednesday, wishes to be known as "Jesse the Mind") is now the new governor of Minnesota.

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People Watching in Lectures

By Jeff Deck | November 6, 1998

"zzzzzzzzzzzzzz ..." -- me, frequently Oftentimes you're in a class, and you get bored. There are many factors that enter into this, the most important being that the human brain has a very short attention span.

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Ivy Council convenes at College

By Heather Kofke-Egger | November 6, 1998

Delegates from all eight Ivy League schools will convene in Hanover this weekend when Dartmouth hosts the Ivy Council's semi-annual conference. The Ivy Council, formed in 1993, is an independent, non-profit organization composed of four delegates from each of the Ivy League student governments plus five executives. The council deals with issues affecting individual campuses and the Ivy League as a whole, and was formed to facilitate communication between different student governments and provide a united Ivy government voice. Both the president and vice president of external affairs of the council are Dartmouth students -- Scott Jacobs '99 and Dave Gacioch '00.

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Panel: Human rights not yet universal

By Sarah Rubenstein | November 6, 1998

A panel of five international relations experts discussed the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights before about 40 audience members in 105 Dartmouth Hall yesterday. Much of the speakers' debate focused on statements made by panelist Kishore Mahbubani, Singapore's ambassador to the United Nations. Although the world should celebrate the increased recognition of universal rights of the individual, Mahbubani said many countries' overall conditions have not improved. "While the concept of human rights has traveled widely, the human condition has not improved," he said, citing widespread malnutrition as an example of the problems that afflict large groups of people. Mahbubani said the world is flawed by "double standards" in which powerful Western countries promote human rights but punish the "weak and impoverished" countries more severely than they do elite countries such as themselves. As developing countries improve their economic conditions, the lives of their people will improve and their governments will increasingly protect human rights, Mahbubani said. He said economic sanctions placed on developing countries that violate human rights only hinder progress. We live in a "culturally diverse" world in which not all people agree about all rights, Mahbubani said. He called for consideration by the U.N.

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