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(05/01/03 9:00am)
With the war in Iraq over Dartmouth's faculty may decide in the coming weeks to pass a resolution "condemning U.S. action in Iraq and any further occupation outside the jurisdiction of the United Nations while also acknowledging the horrors of Saddam Hussein's fallen regime" (The Dartmouth, April 30, 2003). Such is the campaign being mounted by Professor Shelby Grantham of the English Department, "a long-time veteran of the peace movement" who has even managed to find herself in the pages of the Dartmouth Review. One is led to believe, given what many faculty have said about the war, that the resolution will be passed, and that the sinister neoconservative cabal running the White House foreign policy team will have much to ponder.
(11/18/02 11:00am)
Dartmouth economics professor Bruce Sacerdote '90 recently published a study arguing that the economic disparities slavery created between free blacks and those who were slaves largely dissipated within two generations after emancipation. According to his colleague, Eric Edmonds, he is "really blazing the way in an important area. Prior to his study, this particular area has been ignored" ("Study: Slavery's effects lasted just 2 generations," Nov. 6). Having caught scent of the study, the politically-correct hordes at Dartmouth are up in arms. In a letter to the editor in The Dartmouth ("Overstepping One's Bounds," Nov. 14), Andrew Arthur Schmidt '02 accuses Prof. Sacerdote of "mocking his profession," denounces his conclusion as the "unconscionable" product of either "blatant racism" or "complete ignorance" and tops it off by invoking the Ku Klux Klan and bashing right-wing radio. Similar expressions of outrage and accusations of racism have been circulating via email. A response from the black community is expected in the near future.
(10/15/02 9:00am)
Earlier this year, I wrote a column in response to demands for Asian-American studies (The Dartmouth, Jan. 31, "Thoughts on Ethnic Studies"). In it, I noted with concern the vulnerability of such programs to political ideologies and raised doubts over their intellectual merit. As the debate died down at the end of Spring term, people reassured me that ethnic studies meant simply the study of ethnicity. Others scoffed at me for believing that disinterested knowledge was either possible or desirable. So I decided to do some further investigation. The recently concluded "Race Matters" conference allowed me to hear about ethnic studies from its most prominent professors. What the likes of Evelyn Hu-DeHart and Carol Boyce Davies said leaves me with little doubt over the nature of their discipline. My initial remarks were perhaps too kind.
(09/25/02 9:00am)
To the Editor:
(07/18/02 9:00am)
This article is meant to be an extended addendum to what John Stevenson '05 said in his piece ("The Critical Examination," June 28). I would like to thank him for citing my previous article; I now return the favor by attempting to add to the multiculturalism debate that he calls for.
(05/14/02 9:00am)
To the Editor:
(03/04/02 11:00am)
Both Gary Weissman '02 (The Dartmouth, Feb. 22, "Ethnic Representation") and Hannah Kwon '02 (The Dartmouth, Feb. 25, "Liberal Arts in the Ivory Tower: A Tradition Worth Keeping?") respond to my Feb. 18 column in The Dartmouth, "Ethnic Studies and the Liberal Arts Tradition," by questioning my definition of the "ivory tower." Mr. Weissman calls me arrogant, saying that I assume "academia is elevated and free from bias[because it] blinds us to the fact that the 'established disciplines' have already generated normative academic paradigms that reinforce their own validity." I am then dismissed as a "status-quo supporter." Ms. Kwon, similarly, thinks that I subscribe to hegemonic paradigms and am afraid that they will be torn down by the inception of ethnic studies.
(02/18/02 11:00am)
I thought I'd put off writing a reply to Morna Ha '04, Derrick Chu '04, Shirley Lin '02 and Swati Rana '02 until after I had attended the Pan-Asian Council dinner with Professor of Ethnics Studies Evelyn Hu-DeHart on Feb. 12, in case anything should come up that would significantly alter my reply. Well, I found both replies cogent and thoughtful; I very much enjoyed the dinner and even got a chance to speak to Professor Hu-DeHart, who apart from being a passionate speaker, was also a very friendly and intelligent woman. But as for the viability of ethnic studies programs (or a single program) in the curriculum, I am still unconvinced.
(01/31/02 11:00am)
So, some Asian-American students at Dartmouth are clamoring for Asian American Studies (AAS). The College already has several ethnic studies departments, but no AAS. Ergo, in the interests of diversity, AAS becomes necessary, and even more so because of the sizable Asian- American population here. The other ethnic groups have their own programs (or so it seems), so why not Asian-Americans?
(07/09/01 9:00am)
To the Editor: