Village Life Section :: Page 245

• Visiting Buddhist nuns seek help for Nepali girls at risk

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 3, 2008

  

  As a girl growing up in Nepal, Sister Dhamma Vijaya saw few opportunities. Most girls were not educated. She was expected to marry by 15, then leave her parents’ home for the home of her husband’s family, where she would have little power.

• Harvard honors Jacobs

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 27, 2008

  

  If you ask local attorney Ellis Jacobs if he usually wins his cases, you might find him, uncharacteristically, at a loss for words. After a pensive few moments in a recent interview, he came up with a response he deemed acceptable.

• A corner beacon for peace

  By Virgil Hervey

  

  On Wednesday, May 19, the war in Iraq marked its fifth year, and in the past week this country hit the milestone of having the 4,000th service member lose his life. The war has surpassed the American involvement in World War II by two years.

• Native artifacts illustrate Glen Helen’s historic richness

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 6, 2008

  

  The unveiling of a collection of ancient Native American points and tools donated to Glen Helen 20 years ago may not play like a riveting drama. But talk to natural historian Geoffrey Sea, and he might convince you of quite the opposite.