In this election year we should not forget that the people we elect are responsible for the image and idea the rest of the world has about all of us. That image is what makes another country a friend or enemy.

On January 23, 1870, perhaps the most outrageous ever US act of ethnic repression was carried out by the US cavalry, when they massacred most of an American Indian tribe, the Piegans, despite being told they had the wrong camp.

After learning in class about Darfur, I would like to play my role by doing everything to end attacks on civilians and increase humanitarian access in Darfur during this terrible genocide.