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Ashley Thorne

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  • January 27, 2010

NAS: Baggage Claim at Williams

Williams College will cancel classes to engage in "pomosexual" poetry performances, politicized art discussions, a "queering communities" panel, and "reclaiming New England's aboriginal history."

The Hoya: Bolster Diversity with Expanded Criteria

"In the first place, if it is community — or the attainment of something common — we seek, we might begin a serious discussion about the curriculum, which now is almost entirely an uncommon experience. Few students read the same books at the same time; even different sections of a single course (e.g. The Problem of God) can have entirely different syllabuses. Without something in common to talk about, how can we expect students to attain community?"

NAS: Shimer College at the Crossroads

A tiny Great Books college in Chicago encounters a clash of ideas.

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