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UPDATE: Westminster draws Bernie Sanders for prestigious lecture
UPDATE: Westminster draws Bernie Sanders for prestigious lecture
Acting college President Carolyn Perry and Hancock Symposium director Kurt Jefferson announced the decision over Facebook Live in front of students and faculty. The Hancock Symposium is an annual, two-day event featuring lectures, panel discussions and presentations on global interests.
“I can just tell you that if the lecture is anything like the initial reaction from our students, then it’s going to be an exciting time,” Westminster spokesman Rob Crouse said. “There were mouths and eyes wide open with students jumping and hugging each other.”
Crouse said ticketing and media availability procedures will be announced sometime next week. He said that because Sanders is a public servant, he will not receive payment for his lecture.
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Westminster was the site of Winston Churchill’s famous “Sinews of Peace” speech in 1946, at which he coined the term “Iron Curtain” as the European divide between East and West. Churchill’s speech is historically seen as a prediction of the Cold War and the Berlin Wall.
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Way to go, Bernie!
The man never takes a break, I don't know how he does it.
I still see folks get upset over any mention of it on social media. I think the bird envy is more crowd envy. Unlike followers of a certain very unpopular politician Bernie people don't need to post fake photos to cover up the fact that someone's crowds are...shall say inadequate? Those polls don't lie, residents of Trumpistan.
