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Obama sees ‘progress’ as Summit of the Americas concludes
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – President Barack Obama sent a clear message to Cuban leader Raul Castro Sunday: It’s your turn.
If Castro wants to start dialogue with the United States, he should start by releasing political prisoners and lowering the steep fees the Cuban government charges on money sent from abroad, Obama said.
In the meantime, his administration will examine what other steps can be taken toward ending decades of isolation between Washington and the hemisphere’s last communist nation.
“The fact that you had Raul Castro say he’s willing to have his government discuss with ours not just issues of lifting the embargo, but issues of human rights, political prisoners, that’s a sign of progress,” Obama said Sunday April 19 at a press conference wrapping up the Fifth Summit of the Americas. “And so we’re going to explore and see if we can make some further steps. … There are some things that the Cuban government could do.”
NATIONAL
Miami Herald photographer wins Pulitzer
MIAMI – Veteran Miami Herald photographer Patrick Farrell has been awarded journalism’s biggest award, the Pulitzer Prize, for his harrowing images of the victims of storms that ravaged Haiti in 2008.
Farrell, 49, went to Haiti four times over several weeks during last year’s hurricane season, capturing scenes of the dead and the survivors of a series of storms that generated devastating floods across the impoverished nation.
Farrell’s published photographs, along with stories by Miami Herald Caribbean correspondent Jacqueline Charles and reporter Trenton Daniel, are credited with helping raise international awareness of the storms’ toll on Haiti and speeding relief aid to Haitians struggling to survive in the aftermath.
LOCAL/BSU
Club marches for Abducted Children
The Boise State Invisible Children Club is sponsoring a march Saturday, April 25. The event, called ‘The Rescue,” will begin at 3 p.m. at the Capitol building and proceed to the BSU Quad, where marchers will listen to speakers, watch a documentary and write letters to congressmen. Some will sleep outside overnight.
“We’re mimicking the abduction of over 60,000 children in Uganda,” club Vice-President Paige Orcutt said. “We’re one of 100 cities in the world chosen to put on this rescue event.”
Orcutt said the marchers plan to raise awareness about the abduction of children who are forced to become child soldiers.
For more information, go to Boise State Invisible Children! on Facebook and contact Orcutt or club President Amanda Brown, or e-mail Brown at amandabrown2@u.boisestate.edu.
Boise Choristers present 68th spring concert to benefit Boise State University Music Students
The Boise Choristers will present their 68th spring concert, “Seasons and Thyme,” at 7:30 p.m. May 20-21 at the Morrison Center Recital Hall. The annual concert is free, but donations will be accepted for Boise State University music scholarships.
The Boise Choristers include women from all over the Treasure Valley, directed by Karma Ellsworth and accompanied by Gail Borup. This year’s program ranges from classics by Handel Haydn and Debussy to traditional Shaker melodies, Broadway show tunes and various folk songs. The final set will remind the audience that “to everything there is a season” with familiar songs that bring to mind the four seasons. Patrick Scott, a 2008-09 scholarship winner, will join the Choristers and play selections from his senior recital performance.
Boise State Criminal Justice Department offers victims rights week workshops
Boise State University’s Department of Criminal Justice will offer 48 hours of workshops during four days for students and the public to learn about the history of the victims’ rights movement, services for crime victims and the effects of crime on its victims. Hosted during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, the workshops will be presented by faculty members from Boise State, Idaho State University and University of Idaho; Boise State student affairs professionals; and professionals from the community. Running from April 27-30, the panels will be held in various rooms in the Boise State Student Union Building. The sessions are free and open to the public. Parking will be available in the Lincoln Garage.
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