News Briefs

Amnesty Internal Director to Speak at Oberlin Next Thursday about Torture and Tyranny

Dr. William Shulz (OC '71), executive director of Amnesty International USA will speak to the College next Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at the Environmental Studies Center. Shulz's lecture, entitled "Torture, Torment and Tyranny ‹ The State of Human Rights," will be the first in a series of lectures on national security in the 21st century.

The departments of politics and environmental studies are co-sponsoring the series, which is being coordinated with the politics course "U.S. Foreign Policy Making," taught by Professor Eve Sandberg. The second speaker, defense expert Pierre Sprey, will give a lecture entitled "The Defense Paradox: More Dollars, Less National Security," on Nov. 16.

As an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, Shulz was involved in many international and social justice movements before coming to Amnesty International in 1994, where he led missions to Liberia and Northern Ireland to investigate human rights atrocities.

Shulz has made frequent appearances on radio and TV programs, has been widely published in magazines and newspapers, and has authored several books.

-Liz Heron

Student Senate Welcomes New Contingent to World of Politics

Student Senate will reveal a new face this semester, as six of the 15 elected students are new to the Senate.

First-years Aaliyah Bilal and Evan Lovett Harris, sophomores Aneeqa Kayani and April Wynn and juniors Noah Heller and Josh Rosen round out the group of rookie Senators.

Senators meet every week from 7-10 p.m. on Sunday night. Although Wynn said that Senate would be approaching a multitude of ambitious tasks this semester, she identified minority admissions concerns, the creation of a more developed ethnic studies program and the establishment of co-ed dormitory rooms as some of the highlights.

The next round of Senate elections will take place three weeks into the spring semester.

-Nick Stillman