The serendipitously named town of Obama, in the Fukui Prefecture of Japan, is throwing its support behind our homonymous presidential candidate:
For those of you who haven't heard, there has been tremendous controversy surrounding the recent acquittal of the three cops involved in the death of Sean Bell, an innocent black man who was to be married the next day - read the NYTimes summary of the events to get caught up. The incident has been labeled an act of police brutality and an act of racism by many activists.
Stephanie Quainoo '10 sends us some info about a Wesleyan student reaction, to take place tomorrow during lunchtime:
On Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12 pm we will be taking a course of action in response to the Sean Bell verdict, its public reception, and its relation to past racist events that have occurred on campus with Public Safety, Middletown Police, the Ride, and the student body. This event will occur at Usdan and we encourage everyone to participate! We need people to help put up fliers, hand out info cards and most importantly, filling up the main staircase to the Marketplace at noon! After our protest at Usdan, we will be marching to the Public Safety office to bring attention to our demands. Your physical presence is paramount to our success, so if you are interested, please wear all black and join us tomorrow!What: Student reaction to the acquittal of the cops who killed Sean Bell
If you have any questions, join the facebook group here (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17019604531) and message one of the admins.
A panel discussion with Wesleyan alums and faculty, about U.S. immigration policy:
(Broken) Promises: Asian Americans and the Face of US ImmigrationDaphne Kwok '84 is the executive director of the Angel Island Foundation and will speak about some of the issues behind the recent push for comprehensive immigration reform. Indira Karamcheti, professor of English and American Studies, will be speaking about the role of South Asians and US immigration. Eric Byler '94 is a filmmaker ("Charlotte Sometimes"; "Americanese") and has been documenting the struggle over anti-immigrant legislation in Prince William County, Virginia.
Emory University students protested David Horowitz's pet project Islamofascism Awareness Week. Fox weighs in on the "liberal fascists:"
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thanks to anonymous tipper.
Photographer Jacob Holdt presents "American Pictures: A Danish vagabond's personal journey through the American underclass"
A self identified Danish vagabond presents his show (through a range of multi-media) on American poverty, racism and oppression. After spending many years hitchhiking across the US living among extreme poverty, KKK members, and being arrested by the secret service, he considers his show/workshop to be "racism shock therapy."
Date: This Friday, February 23
Time: 4:15-8:15
Location: Science Center 150
Motivation: Snacks will be served during intermission!
Ok, it's fairly obvious that Martin Benjamin has nothing better to do than write bitter, angry Wespeaks because his life peaked in Old Wes. He carefully reads each and every Argus, picking out ammunition for his next bout of conservative diarrhea.
Mr. Benjamin loves taking anecdotal evidence, generalizing it and then applying it to the entire student body. Yes, because one girl could not write a footnote, none of us can. Because some students had trouble in a math class, we all must be morons. Because one group got pissed off at the student body for not showing up to its anti-war rally, we're all lazy fucks. Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
The man has something for everyone. He hates on women, minorities, children, poor people, professors, non-heterosexuals...and as one professor he quotes apparently said, we love squabbles.
But before you begin writing your response, I ask you to read all his Wespeaks first. He's written quite a few in recent history. Here is a list:
