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Tyler Hicks: War Photographer
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Tyler Hicks (’92) was one of several journalists held hostage for four days in mid-March by Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces in Libya. These are his photos of the 2011 war in Libya.
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YouSpeak: Time to Get Out of Afghanistan?
This week’s “YouSpeak†asks, “is it time for the United States leave Afghanistan?â€
Read the full story on BU Today: /today/2011/youspeak-time-to-get-out-of-afghanistan/
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Howard Zinn Lecture Series: Howard Zinn, Bringing Democracy Alive
Howard Zinn calls for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney. Zinn accuses the Bush administration of starting a "war of aggression" against Iraq and the American public. He argues that the government and its [...]"warmongering" organs - the mass media and the congress - are not to be relied on for information and exhorts Americans to stop believing that government has the interest of the people in mind.
Hosted by College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences on November 2, 2006.
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James Anderson Winn Discusses His Book "The Poetry of War"
James Anderson Winn, a BU professor of English, discusses his new book, The Poetry of War.
Hosted by Barnes and Noble at Boston University on March 4, 2008.
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Andrew Bacevich on Presidential Campaigns in Wartime
Andrew Bacevich, military expert and a BU professor of international relations, discusses U.S. presidential campaigns during wartime. After exploring several conflict-era elections of the past century, Bacevich focuses on the 2008 contest and what [...]the next president stands to inherit: two costly and active wars, an elusive Osama bin Laden, a resurgent Taliban, and an unstable nuclear Pakistan.
Hosted by Boston University College of Arts and Sciences and Arts and Sciences Alumni Association on February 21, 2008.
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BU Students on the Pain Caused by Israel-Hamas War
In an attempt to capture the impact the war between Israel and Hamas is having on the Boston University campus, BU Today spoke with four students, who shared their perspectives from both sides of the conflict. The students talked about the sadness [...]they feel at having to hide their identity or religion. They also acknowledged feeling torn between wanting to speak out as activists, and simply wanting to enjoy a typical college life.
“It feels like so much tension, so much hate,” one student says. Another adds: “It’s forced a critical reflection of myself, like what kind of college student do I want to be.”
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