Innermost Parts

After months of meeting behind closed doors, the Constitutional Review Committee has released its final report.
In a previous post, I discussed how critical it was to change the Union to make it a less self-important body. While the changes recommended the Constitutional Review Committee fall short of where I’d like – they certainly do take [...]

“It’s hard to talk about history, when you’re in it…”
This was easily one of the most profound messages I took away from a recent talk by Angus Johnston, a professor at CUNY and historian of student activism. Speaking to an audience of student organizers from across the US this past Saturday, Johnston explained that the [...]

A collaborative effort of Brandeis clubs including Democracy for America, the College Democrats, the Activist Resource Center, and Gen Ed Now has successfully secured a deal to bring Howard Dean to campus.  He will speak on April 15 at 8pm in Levin Ballroom.  The event will be open to the Brandeis community.
Howard Dean, a physician [...]

No, really, fuck the Student Union. In this post, I will thoroughly bash the Student Union. I’ll offer my insight as a former Union insider and then conclude with some ideas on how to make it better. This will be a long post, but the jist of it can be summarized in the title. For [...]

Here are the results from yesterday’s secretary election:
Candidates,
Below are the election results for the primary round in the Secretary election:
As at Poll close: Wednesday 10 February 2010 00:44 EST
Number of voters: 499 · Group size: 3390 · Percentage voted: 14.72
Ranked by votes
Rank    Candidate              Votes      %
1   [...]

Okay, I know that Obama gets complimented a lot, some way say too much, but I just want to stand up and applaud him right now. What am I referring to?  The new “Open Government Iniative” which he promised to come out with from Day 1 of his inauguration.  Sure, sure, it took him a [...]