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The journal accepts submissions from universities across the country and is distributed to state and federal legislators, advocacy groups and other think tanks. Last year the committee who selects papers for the journal received 500 submissions. Zach Hindin and Benjamin Nelson, a former classmate who transferred to Georgetown, co-authored "Bringing Dawn to Darfur," a paper the two originally wrote for UW-20, a required freshman writing course at GW.
In the paper, Hindin said he wanted "to develop a holistic understanding of the problem at every level: civilian, government and international."
"There's an unavoidable link between … the country and the tensions of the people that the paper also explores," he said.
The pair started working on the paper last November when their professor assigned them to the same group to write short essays about the genocide in Sudan. Hindin said his UW-20 course focused on "writing that advocates on behalf of people that are in the marginalized sectors of society."
The paper looks at factors that have contributed to violence in Sudan, such as colonialism and cultural divisions. It recommends policies such as increasing the number of troops in the region and divesting from companies that do business with Sudan's National Congress party.
Hindin has followed the developments in Darfur since high school.
"This is the first conflict of this scale that I've been able to watch actively from start to finish," he said.
Caitlin Howarth, chair of the 2006-2007 editorial board for the Roosevelt Review, said the board choose papers that "(try) to not only educate readers, but also bring people into a conversation that is going to contribute to the future."
She said the Darfur paper was "one of the most timely papers that we've had submitted … the piece was well-written and engaging; it drew people into the subject."
