I am protesting the protest

Basically I agree with Kenny (easwaran). Why does every cause have to be addressed by holding a Sproul Hall sit-in? Seriously, what does this accomplish? I'm similarly skeptical about the utility of paralysing San Francisco. My theory is that student protesters mean well but their reaction is just to attack the institutions they know. It's kind of endearing, but more than that it's pathetic and disheartening. How many of these protesters do you think have written to their elected representatives? I'd guess fewer than one percent.

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Who did I encounter on campus today but Sharon Wolf, my advisor from the Weizmann Institute, here to give a talk. I went to her talk up in Building 28 at LBL and it was very good too. Anyway, this is the third time I've run into someone on campus who I originally met in another country.

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Suddenly I feel extremely depressed. )-: