Frist Finals Fillibuster
A group of students at Princeton have spent over 300 hours (they started back on April 26th-my birthday) conducting a filibuster on campus outside of a building named after Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, in protest of a possible procedural move that Frist may undertake to eliminate the filibuster. The Cal Dems will be joining with this Princeton group, and others across the nation, in conducting a filibuster here on the Berkeley campus. Here is a description posted on DailyKos by recently elected CalDems President Jordan Lee (congratulations dude!):

In coordination with Princeton's very successful and continuing "Filibuster Frist" event, the Cal Berkeley Democrats will be hosting its own version on campus from 10 AM Wednesday the 11th to noon on Thursday. We're Berkeley, we know a bit about protesting, and we're not going to let a little thing like finals get in the way.

Anyone in the Berkeley area is free to attend. Students from the Cal Democrats, guest speakers, as well as students from a host of other campus organizations will gather to speak out and study for their finals. The event begins and ends in front of Sproul Hall, the overnight portion taking place in front of the Free Speech Movement Cafe. Prime time for speakers will be from 12-1 on Wednesday. Food and drinks will be provided.

For more information:
http://www.caldems.com/filibuster.php

I'll definitely be stopping by to take some photos and do some filibustering. I'll also let you all know if they set up a blog to record things live, or if they get a webcast set up.

[I'm really glad to see this happening, because the CalDems didn't receive word about the plans for this to go nationwide until last weekend when a member of the Princeton group contacted me about starting things here on campus. And although I appreciated the thought that my reputation as a shit-starter is extending far and wide, I had neither the time nor energy to make this happen, so I was extremely pleased that the CalDems were able to throw their support behind an event like this. A hearty congratulations, and I suspect this will be a very successful event. It's encouraging to see even as finals approach, the CalDems were able to plan and organize an event like this, and it bodes well for their efforts in the year to come.]Email This Post!