The silence of the administration is dangerous because it keeps students ignorant of the challenges we face, but, more importantly, this silence teaches us that crimes motivated by bigotry should be accepted as a fact of life.
The silence of the administration is dangerous because it keeps students ignorant of the challenges we face, but, more importantly, this silence teaches us that crimes motivated by bigotry should be accepted as a fact of life.
It seems odd to me that Columbia focuses so much on the diversity of its students and touts the importance of building a global community but will not widen the Core to include canonical texts from non-Western cultures.
It seems odd to me that Columbia focuses so much on the diversity of its students and touts the importance of building a global community but will not widen the Core to include canonical texts from non-Western cultures.
I think it is important to pause here and make a distinction between Columbia University as an institution and Columbia University as a body consisting of students, faculty, and staff. But we can keep this Manhattanville debate at the forefront, bearing in mind that students should have more of a voice in this process and that Columbia does in fact consist of us and exists for us.
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I think it is important to pause here and make a distinction between Columbia University as an institution and Columbia University as a body consisting of students, faculty, and staff. But we can keep this Manhattanville debate at the forefront, bearing in mind that students should have more of a voice in this process and that Columbia does in fact consist of us and exists for us.
I am not seeking to blame anyone but to encourage openness—not just intellectual or theoretical openness, but the kind that is motivated by empathy and can spark friendship.
I am not seeking to blame anyone but to encourage openness—not just intellectual or theoretical openness, but the kind that is motivated by empathy and can spark friendship.
I hesitate to say that we have our first black president because the experience of a biracial person is radically different from the experience of someone who is Caucasian or African-American.
I hesitate to say that we have our first black president because the experience of a biracial person is radically different from the experience of someone who is Caucasian or African-American.
