News Archive

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Archives for March 2008

Colombia’s Female Guerrillas

Terry Gibbs of the Department of Political Science was one of the last foreigners to meet FARC commander Raúl Reyes before his assassination in March 2008. The story of her journey into rebel territory is a chilling blend of domesticity and danger.March 24, 2008

Shylock Misunderstood

The character Shylock, from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, has become synonymous with loan sharking, vicious revenge, and anti-Semitism. Have we misinterpreted him?March 17, 2008