After rhetoric
The posturing of the election is over. There’s a rare pause in campus and national rhetoric; people are thinking. They no longer have to convince themselves that the candidate they supported is perfect.
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The posturing of the election is over. There’s a rare pause in campus and national rhetoric; people are thinking. They no longer have to convince themselves that the candidate they supported is perfect.
Soon “The Jews” will be forgotten and the ballots will be counted (hopefully). People will feel a reduced urge to push their politics on every person they meet with witless T-shirts and uninspired rallies. But some of the largest problems facing this country will still be left unaddressed.
Voter registration has been all the rage on this campus and across the country. Somehow, many groups, including The Chronicle, have been suckered in to repeating the myth that voter registration is both non-partisan and good for democracy. Close your eyes, or rather continue to close your eyes, if you wish to preserve the image of the feel-good, “non-partisan” project of the century—voter registration drives.
Food on campus is not a joy. It plugs that gnawing feeling in your stomach for a couple of hours until you release it in a form remarkably similar to the original. Food on campus is an imperative bordering on an expletive.