February 21, 2011 (vol. 121, iss. 98) • Page Image 3
… began, more than 200 peo- ple have been killed, according to medical officials, human rights groups and exiled dissidents. Lybia's response has been the harshest of any Arab country that has been wracked…
….hundreds injured since the Arab wave for change reached the Gulf last Monday. The protesters were preparing to spend another night in the square by late Sunday. Bahrain holds particular importance to Washington as…
… and more than 500,000 students. It would become the second state, following Utah, to pass such a broad-based law. Colorado gives colleges the option and several have allowed handguns. Supporters of the…
… legisla- tion argue that gun* violence on campuses, such as the mass shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007 and Northern Illinois in 2008, show that the best defense against a gunman is students who can shoot…
… at the University of Texas, when sniper Charles Whitman went to the top of the administra- tion tower in 1966 and killed 16 people and wounded dozens. Last September, a University of Texas student…
… President William Powers has opposed concealed handguns on campus, saying the mix of students, guns and campus parties is too vola- tile. Guns occupy a special place in Texas culture. Politicians often tout…
…, assistant director of federal leg- islation for the Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence, who was in Austin recently to lobby against the Texas bills. Goddard was a student at Virginia Tech when he was shot…



