Princeton students planned a protest “filibuster” outside Frist Hall for a couple of 12-hour days–but 90-plus straight hours later, the Frist Center Filibuster continues.
Rush Holt dropped by to read from Aesop’s Fables. When we showed up, a student was reading from the last book of the Talmud. And recent Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek, recruited to speak April 29 at 8:30, read selections from Einstein’s early papers on relativity, earning frequent applause from the evening’s crowd.
“I’m amazed by the level of enthusiasm,” says biology post-doc Teresa Leonardo. “People keep coming back, to speak and to listen–and they keep getting more empowered, more forceful, more eloquent.”
Senator Bill Frist, whose family donated millions for the Princeton University building that bears his name, has called for “the nuclear option” to stop Democrats from using the filibuster against anti-abortion judicial nominees.
Check out the Daily Princetonian for more–and I’ll be watching the filibuster webpage for photos of Frank–and Einstein–in action.
“This is about preserving our democracy from a lust for power that seems to have no end. Our message is that people will pay attention if you tinker with checks and balances to perpetuate your one-party rule.”
Jason Vagliano, history major at Princeton
See also blogposts by Kos, Liberal Oasis, and Josh Marshall…hey Josh, can Frank get a “Privatize This!” Tshirt?