Edward Wong, "Ninth Tibetan, a Nun, Immolates Herself in Anti-China Protest," The New York Times, 10/23/11, (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/world/asia/ninth-tibetan-a-nun-immolates-herself-in-anti-china-protest.html?_r=1&ref=buddhism).

This article is about yet another self-immolation in protest of China. This time though, it was a nun, the first in this series of events. Tenzin, the 20 year old nun, was the ninth Tibetan to commit self-immolation since March and the fifth one to die. Tenzin's nunnery is close to Kirti where a lot of the Chinese repression has happened. I think these self-immolations are saying a lot but also too much. I don't think that a person or organization needs to die in order to be heard. The writer of this article does a nice job of simply reporting and not taking any personal stance however.

Sandra Yi, "Vietnamese Buddhist group evicted from Utah temple," Desecret News, 10/9/11, (http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705392184/Vietnamese-Buddhist-group-evicted-from-Utah-temple.html)

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705392184/Vietnamese-Buddhist-group-evicted-from-Utah-temple.html

This article is about a congregation of Vietnamese Buddhists who were evicted from their temple due to an unsettled misunderstanding. This specific group of Vietnamese Buddhists belong to the Vietnamese Unified Buddhist Association of Utah. "About 10 years ago, the Utah organization agreed to donate the property to the American-Vietnamese Unified Buddhist Congress in the USA." The issue is that a year ago, the deed was transferred to Thich Tri Lang, a Buddhist Monk, without the Utah group knowing. Lang had the group evicted and now uses the temple for his followers. I think this is not very fair, the association should have been notified about it since they worship there daily. I also don't understand why the temple can't be shared. The writer definitely plays up that Lang is the bad guy in this situation which isn't very fair.

Nonprofit Accounting News, "Ho Foundation donates $5.2 million to study of Buddhism," Sage Nonprofit Solutions, 10/6/11, (http://www.sagenonprofit.com/Newsroom/IndustryDetails?title=Ho-Foundation-donates-%25245.2-million-to-study-of-Buddhism&id=85667470-f442-4ddc-9b00-4b1cab0dd1ac)

http://www.sagenonprofit.com/Newsroom/IndustryDetails?title=Ho-Foundation-donates-%25245.2-million-to-study-of-Buddhism&id=85667470-f442-4ddc-9b00-4b1cab0dd1ac

This article may be brief but I was very happy after I read it. It's about a donor giving 5.2 million dollars to Harvard and Stanford universities,"to increase the level of awareness in the U.S. when it comes to the ancient religion first started by Siddhartha Gautama." I think it's great that these schools will be able to devote more towards learning about Buddhism. From taking this class, I now know that there is a lot more to Buddhism than what the majority of people may think. I like this article because it has nothing but positivity and speaks about teaching more people about Buddhism in a more in-depth way.