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...Imam Musa Sadr, a charismatic Iranian cleric, led the political mobilization of the Shi'ite community in the 1960s and 1970s, giving it a voice for the first time through his Amal (Arabic for "hope") movement. Hizballah was born with Iranian assistance in the early 1980s, to resist Israel's occupation of Lebanon. And by the 1990s, the dynamism of Hizballah and the demographic advantage of the Shi'ites had begun to eat away at the historical Sunni dominance of Lebanon's Muslim communities...
...spent this time of year is well worth it. All it takes to run for UC President and Vice-President is 150 student signatures. Seven pairs of students successfully accomplished that task to earn the right to have their names on the ballot this year (one ticket, Omar A. Musa ’08 and Daniel Ross-Rieder ’08, have since dropped out of the race). Given that students are free to sign multiple petitions, this is not a particularly high bar. Nor should it be. The UC Presidential/Vice Presidential race should be open...
While voters benefit from the presence of a variety of different platforms and a vigorous campus debate, several candidates seem to have decided to run without careful consideration. For instance, Omar A. Musa ’08 and Daniel Ross-Rieder ’08 said in a letter explaining why they dropped out of the race that when they decided to run they were “drunk with idealism” and that “with our lack of experience in student government, it would not be fair to ask the student body to put its trust...
...Omar A. Musa ’08 and Daniel Ross-Rieder ’08 withdrew from the Undergraduate Council presidential and vice-presidential race yesterday, bringing the number of tickets for this year’s contest down to six. In a resignation statement released yesterday, the candidates cited the bureaucratic nature of the Undergraduate Council (UC) and their lack of Council experience as the two main reasons for their withdrawal—writing that they had entered the race “drunk with idealism.” Their resignation leaves Tim R. Hwang...
...Edward Y. Lee ’08, Tim R. Hwang ’08 and Alexander S. Wong ’08, Brian S. Gillis ’07-’08 and Morgan C. Wimberley ’08, and Omar A. Musa ’08 and Daniel Ross-Rieder ’08 are also seeking the top two positions...