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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Student Union is not a glorified 'mock government' club
Letters to the Editor | 5/20/08
Posted online at 6:29 AM EST on 5/20/08
To the Editor:
I would like to respond to Sahar Massachi's '11 comments on innermostparts.org that were printed in the Justice ("Brooks files injunction following election," April 29 issue).
Massachi wrote: "Andrew Brooks '09 and Justin Sulsky '09] are the embodiment of those people who 'treat Student Union Senate as Mock Government Club.' They are simply self-interested roadblocks to progress."
That comment greatly hurt me because during my time as Ziv Quad Senator and a member of several University committees since my first year here, I have been working incredibly hard to bring tangible changes to campus.
Every student politician talks about extending dining hours. As a first-year, I worked with then-Dining Chair Alison Schwartzbaum '08 and others to extend hours at the Boulevard until 10 p.m. on Fridays. This year, I worked with Dining Chair Jenna Brofsky '10 and others to extend the hours of weekend brunch at Usdan to 3 p.m.
If I am truly self-interested, then how come I spent many hours answering e-mails and Facebook messages from first-years nervous and confused about the housing lottery?
I take on every role with seriousness and professionalism, no matter how large or small. During my time here, I have corrected dark areas of campus and implemented several popular dining items, such as lox at Einstein Bros. Bagels and hot dogs at the Boulevard. I worked with the Ziv-Village Quad Council to plan low-key events that drew a lot of students who might not otherwise have participated in campus events.
As I said when I first ran for Ziv Senator, I care. If I didn't genuinely care about other students, then I would not have continued to campaign so hard in the face of constant bashing by students who never met me before.
I am so thankful that Brandeis students ignored the trash and chose to elect me senator-at-large, and I would like to encourage students to get in touch with me over the summer to give me some project ideas for next year.
-Justin Sulsky '09
I would like to respond to Sahar Massachi's '11 comments on innermostparts.org that were printed in the Justice ("Brooks files injunction following election," April 29 issue).
Massachi wrote: "Andrew Brooks '09 and Justin Sulsky '09] are the embodiment of those people who 'treat Student Union Senate as Mock Government Club.' They are simply self-interested roadblocks to progress."
That comment greatly hurt me because during my time as Ziv Quad Senator and a member of several University committees since my first year here, I have been working incredibly hard to bring tangible changes to campus.
Every student politician talks about extending dining hours. As a first-year, I worked with then-Dining Chair Alison Schwartzbaum '08 and others to extend hours at the Boulevard until 10 p.m. on Fridays. This year, I worked with Dining Chair Jenna Brofsky '10 and others to extend the hours of weekend brunch at Usdan to 3 p.m.
If I am truly self-interested, then how come I spent many hours answering e-mails and Facebook messages from first-years nervous and confused about the housing lottery?
I take on every role with seriousness and professionalism, no matter how large or small. During my time here, I have corrected dark areas of campus and implemented several popular dining items, such as lox at Einstein Bros. Bagels and hot dogs at the Boulevard. I worked with the Ziv-Village Quad Council to plan low-key events that drew a lot of students who might not otherwise have participated in campus events.
As I said when I first ran for Ziv Senator, I care. If I didn't genuinely care about other students, then I would not have continued to campaign so hard in the face of constant bashing by students who never met me before.
I am so thankful that Brandeis students ignored the trash and chose to elect me senator-at-large, and I would like to encourage students to get in touch with me over the summer to give me some project ideas for next year.
-Justin Sulsky '09
Viewing Comments 1 - 6 of 6
Non-Voter
posted 7/03/08 @ 3:27 PM EST
Oh, wow, he got Lox?? and Made the terrible dining hours marginally-less-terrible? Well, that certainly proves that he is not self-interested, silly injunctions aside. (Continued…)
Alan Royals
posted 7/04/08 @ 12:09 PM EST
Thank you to the toolbox above me for bumping this letter that I somehow missed. Sulsky cares, and that's a fact. Keep on representing the quiet campus minority that nearly everyone else in Union ignores, and continue producing tangible results. (Continued…)
Jason
posted 7/05/08 @ 4:14 PM EST
stfu non-voter. i know sulsky personally and he's a really great guy. when reslife screwed me over he met with THREE different administrators until the situation was fixed. (Continued…)
David
posted 7/09/08 @ 7:06 PM EST
I definitely agree with what jason said. I go to einstein's every other day, and it's great that I can eat lox there. Don't belittle the lox, non-voter. (Continued…)
lisa
posted 7/17/08 @ 5:54 PM EST
yea Justin's really good at being senator. i barfed when i saw his "he cares" bullshit but when i went to one senate meeting for a club i saw how justin is just a really solid person that really seemed in to the senate meeting, contributing a lot to discussions while still listening to others. (Continued…)
finally a smart student
posted 7/21/08 @ 2:32 PM EST
ok you mother fucking ignorant assholes -- shut the fuck up and stop bashing on sulsky (and others). you are the typical brandeis students who have no life and think they're saving the world by beating up on the "radical right-wing" students who represent all evil in the world. (Continued…)
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