University of Arkansas Students for a Free Tibet will host a candlelight vigil in support of Tibetans this Tuesday, March 25, in Giffels Auditorium on the 2nd floor of Old Main at 7:00pm.  The student group’s advisor and Tibetan Buddhist monk Geshe Thupten Dorjee will speak, and his student Rinzin Dorjee will perform a polyphonic chant.  There will also be a short film.

Demonstrations in support of religious freedom and independence began in Tibet on March 10, Tibetan National Uprising Day. The government of China responded harshly, provoking responses from leaders around the globe. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is flying to Dharamshala, seat of the Tibetan government in exile, to meet with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama about the situation.  Recently Fayetteville Mayor Dan Coody declared March 10th Tibet Day, which was celebrated in Fayetteville on the University of Arkansas campus.   Presidential candidates Clinton, McCain, and Obama have all issued statements on the situation, as has U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

The national office of Students for a Free Tibet is posting regular updates of the situation on its weblog, located at http://blog.studentsforafreetibet.org/ .  An aggregated news feed from over 30 news sources and weblogs, detailing news from around the world regarding the Tibetan situation is available here.