Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
Man gets voted into city council with zero votes
A resident of Missouri City, Missouri, ran for City Council representative, got zero votes-and won. He didn't even vote for himself, since, as he stated at an interview, he forgot that it was election day. Apparently, everyone else did too. Fortunately for him he was running unopposed. Otherwise, it might have been a tie.
Note: some quotes in this article are paraphrases, as the person quoted has very broken English.
I hadnt intended to take a class on cultural conflict on the van ride to Brandeis from Logan Airport, but then again, I hadnt intended to be arriving at midnight, either, thanks to a seven hour flight delay.
Next week Brandeis will open its doors to hundreds of high school students as they decide whether or not they will be a part of the class of 2011. These prospective students will be given an array of showcases, presentations, and other types of persuasion so that they deeply consider Brandeis as their top choice of school. This is a high stakes process for the admissions department as it is their biggest event of the year. Pressure is high to create an image of Brandeis that may be above what we are in reality. With Open House around the corner, we urge the community to display a true image of Brandeis so that students can make an intelligent choice on where they want to spend the next 4 years.
To the editor,
I was surprised to find out that Brandeis has an Arab student club on campus. How do Muslim students tolerate such extremely offensive racist and anti-Muslim attitudes at Brandeis? I never read or hear anything from Muslim students on campus. Maybe it's not safe for Muslims to speak out at Brandeis. After what happened to Jimmy Carter and Norman Finkelstein it's understandable. Has Brandeis ever allowed a Muslim speaker who was critical of Israel on campus?
U.S. Representative Ed Markey is expected to speak at Brandeis on Friday, April 13th about global warming and environmental issues. The event will also include a screening of An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gores documentary film about global warming, and an introduction by Brandeis biology and Environmental Studies professor Dan L. Perlman.
The Brandeis Academic Debate and Speech Society (BADASS) will send eight students to the American Parliamentary Debate Associations (APDA) National Championships. The three-day competition is the final tournament of the season, and will be held at Vassar College from April 20 to April 22.
