Last winter, when Brandeis Trustee Meyer Koplow was nominated to serve as our next President, one of the major objections I heard to his candidacy was his ties to the Republican Party. As Nathan Robinson wrote in the Hoot, Koplow’s record of political contributions includes several darlings of the right-wing, including the ultraconservative Jim DeMint [...]
As has already been reported, Brandeis the Board of Trustees has selected our next President, Frederick M. Lawrence, dean of George Washington Law School. Reading just a little into his biography, he seems like a stand-up guy, working pretty effectively to uphold civil rights, particularly in the area of bias crimes. More importantly, he’s from [...]
Posted on: June 28th, 2010
Category: Break Blogging, Democracy, Elly, National Issues, News, elections
Democratic Senator and President Pro Tempore Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress in history, died this morning. He served 57 years, and holds many records, among them: holding the most Senate positions (Majority leader twice, minority leader, etc.), being elected for the most terms (9); casting the most votes in history (over 18,000). As many news sources [...]
Everyone I know who has met Daniel Acheampong shares the same opinion: Daniel is a really nice guy. He always has a smile and a handshake whenever you run into him, and he’ll always stop to chat no matter how busy he is. Basically, to know the guy is to love him, and that alone [...]
Editor’s Note: Please give a warm welcome to Jake, our newest contributor. When I took a look at the elections results from the past week, I was struck by some of the write-ins. Students, Brandeis professors, religious figures and totalitarian dictators were tabulated along with the declared candidates for each race. I am the first [...]
I was shocked today when I opened my copy of the Hoot to see the article “Irresponsible Fees” by Alex Schneider. Let’s consider the term “irresponsible.” Princeton wordnet defines it as “showing a lack of care for consequences.” Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “not answerable for conduct or actions; not liable to be called [...]
