New Fletcher Ledger
Vol. 3, No. 12, April 22, 2002

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In this issue:
Best pictures from the Diplomat Ball 2002, president Bacow meets the Fletcher students, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the crisis in Venezuela, latest developments in Cuba, elections in Ukraine and East Timor, and more…

NEWS:
*** Tufts President Bacow addresses Fletcher students' questions and answers, by Dorothy Chan
*** East Timor: Birth of a Nation, By Brynna Conolly
*** Media: Instrument of War or Peace, By Tom Lank
*** The Capitalist Trilemma presented by Thomas Homer-Dixon, By Ioli Christopoulou

COMMENTARY:
*** Ending the Occupation, by Maria J. Stephan
*** People Power or Propaganda, by Dan Fahey
*** "Terror" Is A State of Mind, by Peter Neisuler
*** A Step Backwards for Venezuela, by Arturo Ramos
*** Ukrainian Elections: Why Even Bother?, by Andrei Pivovarsky

FEATURES:
*** Breakthrough at Central Square: Negotiating the Future of the Balkans, by Branka Peuraca
*** Media and Nonviolence: My Observations, by Sarah Stroback
*** Word from Havana, by Kitty Guckenberger

ROLE OF FARCE:
*** Global Eyes: Asia Night and More, By the Funky Four
*** Fletcher Sports: Tourney Time, by David Abraham
*** Fletcher Flavors: The Original, by Kim Hoan Vu
** Overheard…This weeks, by Ben Ball
** The Language Bank : National Anthems, by Susan Banki