Tuesday, July 01, 2003
Thurbaelian!
What do you get when you try to put in your two cents, but say something ten times as valuable? A paradigm!
In today's "it sucks to be you": Matt Murray. The incoming student regent gets to continue the largely unsuccessful mission of outgoing student regent Dexter Ligot-Gordon of preventing students and students-to-be from getting screwed. And things are even worse for Mr. Murray, as he has to do the same work with a smaller budget, a more hostile environment, and one fewer name.
Representing the students is a daunting task, as is evidenced in the article where he has to balance the input from Mo Kashmiri, Mo Kashmiri, Mo Kashmiri and Mo Kashmiri. Mr. Kashmiri points out that "(Murray) will need the help of (campus student group) communities to be a successful student regent." Specifically, he needs the help of the various religious organizations on campus which can bring the power of God to bear, which may provide enough help to lead Mr. Murray to success in his endeavor.
Kevin suggests that Mr. Murray shouldn't be so quick to point out that he is not technically an elected representative, but I must respectfully disagree. He does, after all, "want to be on equal footing with the regents," and none of the other regents were elected to their posts, either (with certain technical exceptions, of course).
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