Students set differences aside to campaign for Tibetan rights

A Buddhist, an Irish Catholic and an agnostic walk into a bar, but this joke has no punch line. They are all freedom fighters for the nation of Tibet who have come together despite religious or social differences to form the new student organization called Students for a Free Tibet.

Miss Tibet contest from October 8

All contestants of the second Miss Tibet beauty contest, which commences here on October 8, will reach the town tomorrow. Mr Lobsang Wangyal, Chief Organiser of the contest said, here today the contestants would undergo a week-long rehearsal from tomorrow.

Circle <i>of</i> life

During the next seven days, Olympia residents can watch the world be created and destroyed — symbolically speaking, that is. Tibetan monks are creating a mandala — a circular geometric pattern that, on one level

Circle <i>of</i> life

Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery begin to sketch the design for a mandala after a traditional opening ceremony at The Washington Center for Performing Arts on Monday evening. (Photo by Ron Soliman/The Olympian)