Name: Alex Burka ‘12
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Winchester, MA
Major: Physics, possibly Engineering, or something else entirely (but probably not)
Siblings: Jeffrey
Why are you a Democrat: Because the world needs more people like Barack Obama, and fewer people who think politics is like Risk, where growing your army is of utmost importance and you have to invade more countries every turn.
Favorite Democrats: Barack Obama (of course), Deval Patrick, Dennis Kucinich
Righty or Lefty? Lefty. Fun fact: If I were a surfer, I would ride “goofy-footed.”
Favorite political movies: Dr. Strangelove, The Manchurian Candidate.



I enjoyed the blog. Love, granddad