The world’s highest humanitarian honor, the Nobel Peace Prize, went Friday to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Considering what we’ve seen in the news about North Korea, that sounds like a good choice. There’s just one problem: The organization hasn’t done anything, and there’s a more deserving candidate. ICAN is a Geneva-based coalition...
Julio Suarez walked into his blank-walled office and took off his large black painter’s smock. As he sat down, he spread out a few art pieces on his desk. “Those were done by my students,” he said. They were collages made from magazine clippings, modeled after famous works like Johannes Vermeer’s “The Milkmaid.” “They did...
After piling into a white van with nine other professors and students, Professor of History Matthew Gaetano turned around and said, “I have a chauffeur’s license. Let that sink in.” It was Thursday after classes, and seven students, Professor of Philosophy Lee Cole, Professor of English Dwight Lindley, and Gaetano were embarking on a four-hour...
Provost David Whalen said he encourages professors to audit their colleagues’ classes, just as Biology Professor Dan York has done this semester in taking Photography II from Photography Professor Doug Coon. His encouragement has worked — a handful of professors add extra hours in a classroom building to their schedules every semester, but they spend...
As we enter the second week of the MLB postseason, broadcasters and commentators have given ample airtime to issues such as pace of play, the designated hitter, and the proper place for unwritten rules. They have not, however, given sufficient discussion to the most important issue in baseball: fan safety. On Sept. 20, a young...