Well we're giving them some anyway in light of the dapper gentleman they've chosen as their poster child (maybe Andy Samberg helped pick out the picture?). Oh, and their catchphrase is kinda clever in an inadvertently self-negating kind of way...

Also featured on CUCR posters for Friday's Horowitz visitation: a man hanging from a rope and a woman being buried alive. Reminiscent of Hillel's people who were active in Hillel but not posting on behalf of Hillel's posters heralding Ahmadinejad, actually, but less colorful.


But wasn't that a doozy of a World Leaders Forum? We had autocratic thugs, alleged autocratic thugs, cruel and petty dictators, and, for variety's sake, the visionary leader of an up-and-coming democracy. This'll be a tough one to top. But don't worry, John Coatsworth: you won't have to to resurrect Hitler to make next year's WLF as action-packed as this one. All you have to do is choose from Bwog's WORLD LEADERS WISHLIST!:

Here are 20(ish) leaders we'd like to see squirming uncomfortably at next year's Forum. Because if you can get Ahmadinejad to speak here, you can get anyone to speak here.

In no particular order:

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia: Africa's first woman president. Also
the first president in post-civil war Liberia.

Paul Kagame, Rwanda: Former head of the RPF and "hero" during the Rwandan civil war. Now either Africa's most dynamic leader or a dictatorial autocrat, depending on who you ask. Has the very tough job of making sure Rwanda doesn't lapse into another genocide.

Monmohan Singh and/or Sonia Gandhi, India: Gandhi is the most controversial person in India; Jeffrey Sachs once credited Singh for rescuing the country through his program of economic liberalization.


Hard as it is to believe, not everybody on earth was captivated by Ahmadinejadmania--Buddhist monks in Burma, for instance, spent this past week protesting their country's oppressive military junta. Sympathizers should head to Butler Plaza, where a group of 50 or so students are now holding vigil in support of the "Saffron Revolution." And if you can't make it tonight, the student-led Burma 88 Coalition says it plans on holding a couple more vigils this week. Hooray for people power! Or rather, hooray for apathy?


And here's what happened:

World's greatest mime, Marcel Marceau, died this weekend in Paris. He was 84. And delightfully silly. *wipes face as if to brush away tear*

Harvard got themselves a SEAS. Oh no they di'int.

Barack Obama invited you to join him in Washington Square Park:

Bjork at the Garden tonight. Tickets still available, Volta still awesome.
See also: Not Ahmadinejad

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