New Columnists have been chosen... lets see what we can find out.

Monday is Mehammed Mack. Probably going to be the controversial Columnist: a member of Students for Justice in Palestine and Berkeley Tikkun.

Another panel participant is second-year philosophy major Mohammed Mack, an active member of both Berkeley Tikkun and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), and a co-organizer of the May 4 event. Half-Saudi, with work experience at the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee in Washington, D.C., in his background, Mack has shifted in his beliefs about the Middle East conflict over time. Until relatively recently he saw Israel as the aggressor in the conflict, he says. That viewpoint, to some extent, stimulated his decision to join SJP at the start of the fall 2002 semester, though it didn’t keep him from attending a Berkeley Tikkun meeting some months later as well.

On SJP, Mr. Mack says

Mack says: “Despite the stereotype on campus that they’re a bunch of hooligans, SJP is a very principled, nonviolent group. Its members, for the most part, are calm individuals who are willing to talk, not just scream at you. I maintain my membership in both groups to show that things are not irreconcilable between them It doesn’t bother me that the exact political ideologies of SJP and Tikkun don’t align; I’m more interested in doing joint teamwork in the areas where they do align.”

Tuesday says 'A.C.D,' whatever that means. Probably some lame acronym for someone afraid of their parents finding out. Wimp! I'll have your real name in minutes.

Wednesday is Faith Stein. Hey, I know her! She's currently Director of Cal Housing in the External VP office. No idea what she's doing next year. She's also Jewish, so we'll see how Monday and Wednesday balance out.

Thursday is David Mourra, pictured here at his Rescomp job in Clark Kerr. (Small world: that's my Cousin on the far right.)

David Mourra [2nd from left] is currently a second year Bioengineering major and he's still trying to figure out what that is. He enjoys bad modern art, hanging out near bars he can't get into, and sometimes, just kicking back with a good herbal laxative.

Michelle Meyers is on Friday. A google search doesn't reveal anything about her, unless she's a staff writer for the Hayward Daily Review, in which case she wrote this.Email This Post!