Cross Campus: 10.15.08
Ralph Nader will address students Oct. 24 in Davies Auditorium. The Liberal Party, which is sponsoring the event, says he plans to discuss the upcoming election. No news on whether he will also announce a last-minute candidacy.
Posh digs for Parents’ Weekend. A luxury hotel, the Study at Yale, is slated to open on Chapel Street this week. It will offer seersucker guest robes and leather armchairs as part of its efforts to entice Ivy Leaguers. Look out for more details in tomorrow’s paper.
Yale under attack. Brown is mobilizing its armies to conquer Yale...
Perhaps Nader will indulge us by actually discussing the Bush administration's current reworking of consumer protection regulations. This is his strong point, where he made his greatest contributions. And we will always respect for this.
But he uses the platform to merely discuss Republicratic similarities, or to urge people to abandon Obama, then I will be severely disappointed.
Corporate welfare capitalism is a problem — the greatest problem facing out nation, the most likely to damage its long-term prospects. But fixing it requires a president who will at least be amenable to reason, as well as an inspiration, perhaps, to a generation.
We are marching, and it's a start.