Articles in the Academia Category
I’ve been getting quite a few emails in the last few weeks. Aside from the usual stuff, things like Trinity Today and “This Week in Career Services,” I’ve started receiving emails from fellow students. What …
Let’s get right down to it. I think Trinity’s new policy concerning Social Life is fantastic. As a resident of Funston (this year designated as Health and Wellness dorm), my …
“What you do here tonight will show what you are,” Student Government Association President Panida Pollawit ’12 warned her peers. Hundreds of students filed into the Vernon Social Center on campus last night for the …
On Thursday, January 12th, 2012, Dr. Frederick Alford, Dean of Students, issued a letter to the campus community regarding a new policy on alcohol at the College. The most significant parts of the policy are …
By Andrew Bannon-Guasp
Trinity’s new Charter Committee, which has not yet convened, has already lost a lot of legitimacy in the eyes of some students. It is to be a twelve member committee, with five faculty …
In recent weeks we have seen the renewal of a faculty theme that has recurred over my twelve years here: complaints about “the culture of Trinity.” Of course, the complainers really mean the culture of …
By David Cruz-Uribe, SFO
Professor of Mathematics
In a recent posting on the Faculty Listserve and on 4Legs, my colleague, Professor Sam Kassow, takes exception to the recent open letter signed by more than 160 faculty members. …
Dear Colleagues:
Perhaps you are not aware that many students of color are deeply distressed
and intensely angry about this latest racist incident. They do not believe
that these are isolated incidents of bad behavior that indicate nothing
broader …
Greenspan’s Anguish, Ryan’s Folly?
By James Eggert
“We should not be attached to any view; we have to transcend all views” —The Buddha
I made a point to save my copy of the Wall Street Journal’s Oct. 24, …
By Prof. David E. Henderson, Department of Chemistry
Science is a blast, but you might not know as an undergraduate. And what a pity. This week I picked up my issue of Science News and had several moments …
