Out of the ashes of a decimated Europe, and through the sweat, tears, blood and prayers of a historically obstinate nation, rose the State of Israel.

Student elections have taken place yet again, and once more they have left the usual accusations, counter-accusations, recriminations and ambiguities in their wake. In a process administered and judged solely by the students and their student body leaders, the official debates were a pathetic farce, allegations of fraud and ballot stuffing were bandied about, various candidates were mistakenly left off the ballots, finger pointing and shouting matches took place between candidates, and investigations into campaign abuses and underhanded electioneering abounded.