Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Carter at Brandeis

Here are the stories from the Brandeis student paper. The server is overloaded at the moment.

Note that about 1700 people showed up for Carter and a couple of dozen for Dershowitz. Dersh has a lot of opinions, but if you fact check, they have no evidence to support them. I suppose if he had any credentials on the Mideast he'd be more informed.
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BREAKING NEWS: Carter defends book, outlines vision for Middle East
Last updated on Jan. 24 at 4:45 a.m.
Following weeks of uncertainty over whether and in what format he would address the campus, former President Jimmy Carter spoke for about 20 minutes before answering pre-selected questions in a packed Shapiro Gymnasium Tuesday.

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NEWS ANALYSIS: An intriguing step for Israeli-Palestinian discourse on campus
Last updated on Jan. 24 at 2:28 a.m.
The events leading up to Tuesday's talks highlighted the continuing conflict on campus over how to explore the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Rebutting Carter, Dershowitz says former pres oversimplifies conflict
Last updated on Jan. 24 at 5:27 a.m.
Just 30 minutes after former president Jimmy Carter left the podium, Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard law professor and Middle East scholar, took the very same stage, albeit to a much smaller audience.

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Campus reaction to visits seems muted
Last updated on Jan. 24 at 2:29 a.m.
Weeks on controversy ended in somewhat anti-climactic fashion, with subdued protests outside.

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When a former president comes to campus, heightened security follows
Last updated on Jan. 24 at 2:29 a.m.
Security packed the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center for former president Jimmy Carter's visit.

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