Sudan protesters met with state violence
Amazonian fires threaten regional biodiversity and rainforest life
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested in London on conspiracy charges
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir overthrown, citizens protest new military regime
Prince Harry calls for ban of popular online game “Fortnite”
Home Away From MoHome: Northern Ireland’s political turmoil firsthand
BY LILY REAVIS ’21
Mount Holyoke’s study abroad program was one of the main factors contributing to my decision to attend the College. As a senior in high school, I dreamed about the semester I would spend abroad: walking along old European streets, visiting tourist sites like Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower and running daily errands in a glamorous city. Now, halfway through my experience, I wish that my prior viewpoint had made room for the less romantic aspects of living in a different country.
Yiqi Chen ’21’s Taste of Home: Beijing fire tripe
BY VICTORIA WANG ’20
Animal intestines, although unappetizing to many, are a delicacy to Yiqi Chen ’21, an international student from Beijing, China. Beef tripe in particular is one of Chen’s favorite foods from home. “Among the many Chinese ways of eating innards, Beijing’s ‘ re tripe’ is very special,” said Chen. “It is typical of Beijing-style street foods: simple and plain.”
Three female activists released from Saudi prison
BY SAMAN BHAT ’22
After 10 months of incarceration, three Saudi women’s rights activists — Iman al-Nafjan, a famous Saudi blogger, Aziza al-Youssef, a retired lecturer at King Saud University and Ruqaya al-Mohareb, an academic were temporarily released from prison. The women finally went home last Thursday, March 28 after being arrested along with over a dozen other activists in May of 2018.
US-North Korea nuclear summit ended without deal
New Vietnam Night structure dazzles and delights
US attempts to share nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia
BY SAMAN BHAT ’22
The Democrat-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued an interim staff report raising concerns about the Trump administration’s efforts to share U.S. nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia last Tuesday, Feb. 19. The contents of the report have opened up an of cial investigation into the administration’s actions.
Lainie LaRonde ’20
Egyptian president’s term may be extended to last until 2034
Recent bombings reignite Indo-Pakistani tensions
U.S. and Russia pull out of nuclear treaty
BY CASEY ROEPKE
In the two years since Donald Trump’s inauguration, his relationship with Russia has been questioned many times. From Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election to a dossier claiming Trump once paid prostitutes to urinate on a bed in Moscow, Trump and Russia have become inextricable in the American consciousness. However, this close relationship was strained when the U.S. government, under the instruction of President Trump, dropped out of a nuclear arms control treaty on Feb. 1. The move was matched by Russia, where President Putin also suspended the treaty.
A Taste of Home: Couscous
Mount Holyoke’s China Night a success
BY VICTORIA WANG ’20
As 5 p.m. approached on Friday, Feb. 8, the line of students in front of Chapin Auditorium already reached Skinner Green. Chinese students at Mount Holyoke College were ready to deliver a grand showcase to celebrate their most prestigious traditional festival, the Chinese New Year, and the rest of the Mount Holyoke community was eager to participate.
Leaked Indian unemployment report sparks controversy
BY SAMAN BHAT ’22
The Indian government is currently facing backlash over a leaked employment report released to the public on Tuesday, Jan. 29. The Business Standard, an Indian nancial newspaper, revealed that India’s unemployment rate was at an all-time high of 6.1 percent, the highest it has been since the 1970s. Meanwhile, the youth unemployment rate, according to Quartz India, increased, “[from] 11 million in 2011-12 to 31 million in 2017-18,” a growth of about 60 percent more unemployed youth workers in six years.
Belgians stage walkout to protest inaction on climate change
Student climate change activists staged a large protest in the city center of Brussels, Belgium on Thursday, Jan. 31. Tens of thousands of teenage students walked out of their classrooms to call for government action addressing climate change, holding signs with slogans like “no nature, no future,” and “if the climate were a bank, it would have been saved by now.” The 35,000 student protesters joined a mounting number of demonstrations across Europe.