We got an anonymous e-mail last week about Bethany Stotts’ MLA article, Shakesqueer. This is both an update and an answer.
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Hip Hop Revisionism
Professors who try to impart lessons about the Civil Rights struggle may be missing one, namely, the efforts of elders who lived through it to get the younger generation to understand.
Punch & Judy
The University of Mary Washington breaks the Glass Ceiling in picking its new president but by how many stories?
Waist Deep In The Big Media
Schools are his favorite venue but media darling Pete Seeger may want to pass on more than folk songs to the next generation.
The Collegiate Campaign Trail
As the presidential campaign heats up, the two Democratic contenders—Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are shoring up their base on college campuses, areas mostly off-limits for Republicans.
Academics Downgrade Socialized Medicine
Academics themselves are admitting that it doesn’t work, even as various presidential candidates still float ideas to provide “universal health care.”
60s Needle in Academic Haystack
Finding a front-page 60s radical four decades after the fact is a bit like finding a needle in an academic haystack: You just have to stumble upon the institution of higher learning that the professional protestor sought shelter in.
Islam and Europe’s Future
Europe’s coming demographic crisis and rising Muslim immigrant population has sparked a variety of pessimistic predictions of Europe’s ultimate demise, predicting a time at which Europe’s burgeoning Muslim population will transform the continent into “Eurabia.”
Venezuelans Fight for Liberty
Two leaders within the Venezuelan student movement, Yon Goicoechea and Gustavo Tovar, discuss how their movement has will promote liberty within Chavez’ repressive state.
Seeing the Secular Light
College professors trying to make young Evangelicals see the secular light might be making some headway, at least, according to the more left-leaning of these people of faith.