A twentieth century poet once said: "You see the old way wasn't working / so it's on us to do what we gotta do / to survive." A similar tack, which reevaluates the humanities' arguments for their very existence, seems necessary in today's university.
The town hall meeting that was held on May 1st in Boylston left me with a few things to say that I hope could help our thinking about the debates that surround our department. While we had an agenda that listed diverse topics such as the name of the department, future retirements/hires,...
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