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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Finklestein invite was poorly reported and needs clarification
Letters to the Editor | 3/13/07
Posted online at 11:58 PM EST on 3/12/07
/ Last updated at 2:57 AM EST on 3/12/07
To the Editor:
We wish to clarify Radical Student Alliance's/Students for a Democratic Society's purported involvement with bringing Norman Finkelstein to campus. This point of misinformation has been circulating by word of mouth and through campus media, when, in fact, RSA/SDS has not in any way committed to such a project.
Although it is true that the Finkelstein event was proposed to RSA/SDS, there was no agreement reached among group members to invest group effort and resources in such an undertaking. It appears that the discussion surrounding Finkelstein was mistaken for group consensus to organize his visiting the campus, and thus, confusion ensued.
Having now met to discuss the matter, RSA/SDS has decided definitively to remain uninvolved. We are not bringing Finkelstein to Brandeis. While we support the engagement of the community in discourse about the Israeli occupation of Palestine, our central campaign is the "War on Terror," and at this time, we do not wish to actively contribute to the dialogue by sponsoring or co-sponsoring Finkelstein's speech.
Furthermore, RSA/SDS would like to express its frustration with and disappointment in the Justice for its failure to verify the "facts" that it published. We hope that in the future, the Justice will confirm the veracity of its stories and maintain its journalistic integrity.
-Michelle Lindstrom '07 and Daniel Duffy '07
The writers are members of the Radical Student Alliance/Students for a Democratic Society
We wish to clarify Radical Student Alliance's/Students for a Democratic Society's purported involvement with bringing Norman Finkelstein to campus. This point of misinformation has been circulating by word of mouth and through campus media, when, in fact, RSA/SDS has not in any way committed to such a project.
Although it is true that the Finkelstein event was proposed to RSA/SDS, there was no agreement reached among group members to invest group effort and resources in such an undertaking. It appears that the discussion surrounding Finkelstein was mistaken for group consensus to organize his visiting the campus, and thus, confusion ensued.
Having now met to discuss the matter, RSA/SDS has decided definitively to remain uninvolved. We are not bringing Finkelstein to Brandeis. While we support the engagement of the community in discourse about the Israeli occupation of Palestine, our central campaign is the "War on Terror," and at this time, we do not wish to actively contribute to the dialogue by sponsoring or co-sponsoring Finkelstein's speech.
Furthermore, RSA/SDS would like to express its frustration with and disappointment in the Justice for its failure to verify the "facts" that it published. We hope that in the future, the Justice will confirm the veracity of its stories and maintain its journalistic integrity.
-Michelle Lindstrom '07 and Daniel Duffy '07
The writers are members of the Radical Student Alliance/Students for a Democratic Society
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