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Wright

Maybe I’m misunderstanding him, but Wright seems to be arguing that if white people thought of themselves as part of the white race, rather than…



Women’s Resource Center…?

I know this isn’t online yet, but I remember hearing that the WRC is now called something else entirely. The new name involves “gender,” I…


President Fanon?

Dartmouth’s illustrious (and, it appears, newly-hirsute) president, Jim Wright, gave his Convocation Remarks on Tuesday, September 24, 2002. Incoming Dartmouth freshmen had barely set foot…


In reponse to Rollo’s post

I personally find it appalling that a group associated with the college would endorse any one candidate. If “all women” are supposed to be able…


Rollo’s post

If she is elected, wouldn’t that mean that the terrorists have already won?


History in Good Hands

Many of you may have missed the changeover at the helm of the History Department recently. Heide Whelan (whose name is, curiously, misspelled on the…


Let’s Start a Debate

For fun, I think I’ll post the following speech delivered by Harvard’s president, Larry Summers, recently of Clinton admin fame. This speech was delivered on…


MIT’s gift to the world

MIT’s Open Courseware initiative (a good overview from the BBC) is the kind of thing that more universities ought to be doing. As other college,…