Horowitz at Brandeis–The Media
I’m using this post to link to the media coverage of Horowitz’s talk here at Brandeis.
Let me preface this (for now–till I make my full post on the event) by saying that to put it mildly, Horowitz veered from what was supposed to be the original topic of his lecture due to a “chip on his shoulder” that developed vis-a-vis his ad being rejected by the Justice and what he perceived to be a “rudeness” from the administration. As such, he, um, uh, got a little more “into things” then many expected.
Also, when Horowitz makes mention of “4 students he spoke with” or “4 seniors”, for terms of disclosure, I was one of the four. However, as I told Horowitz and as others know, I’m a neuroscience major (and a Hebrew minor), so my experience with the Politics department is just about nothing what-so-ever. As such I said I couldn’t be qualified to provide such an opinion. (On the other hand I can say an abundance of good things about the Neuroscience/Biology faculty)
So here’s the article from the Waltham Daily News Tribune: Horowitz calls out Brandeis educators
Two points here: there were more than 50 in attendance, I’d say more in the 75-100 range. Second, as for Cohen and Horowitz’s arguments, they were both right and both wrong (each on different things). They did speak privately afterwards, and it did appear to be a rather friendly talk.
Was the lunch with Horowitz deliberately small? The way they reference it in the Daily News Tribune article gives off a “we couldn’t find any more than four students who were willing to have lunch with Horowitz” air. For my part, I’d jump at the opportunity - I don’t agree with him on much, but I’m sure he’s an excellent dining companion.
Comment by Joe — 3/31/2004 @ 6:31 pm
Joe–yes, the lunch was deliberately kept small. We only invited the “board” (we use the term loosely) and that’s 6 of us. Two of ‘em couldn’t go (exams), so there were just 4 of us. I guess the Tribune gave off the wrong “vibe”.
While I would’ve really liked to ask him a lot of questions–mainly about his life, his story and what he does these days. Rather, he more or less put us on the spot and was grilling us about Brandeis. It was…um…interesting
Comment by Jaws — 3/31/2004 @ 7:11 pm