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...freshman in high school I saw a news story about the founding of a multiracial club at a local university. As I watched, I remember thinking, “That’s what college will be!” I assumed there would be an open forum to explore questions of multiracial identity that ranged from the existential (“how does one forge a multiracial identity?) to the more practical (“what am I supposed to do with my hair?”). These were questions that went unanswered in my rural home county?...
...makes it impossible for him to play that role here. It's going to take some rare and wise soul to sort this one out - both candidates ought to get on the phone to liberal evangelist Jim Wallis, who knows their hearts well and hosted them both in a forum about faith last summer...
...founder Peter L. Hopkins ’04. The idea for BigThink emerged when Hopkins and Business School graduate Victoria R. Brown were both producers on PBS’ “The Charlie Rose Show,” Hopkins said. The two saw the need for an online forum for exchanging content about a wide range of topics. They decided to create a site where users from around the world could both hear from scholars and engage in debate with other users on issues ranging from politics to science to faith. When it comes to topics of international relevance...
Last summer, Barack Obama took a lot of heat for skipping a candidate forum in Iowa sponsored by the AARP, choosing instead to attend a hip-hop event starring Usher...
...broader university institutions. These populist origins of the Asian American studies movement meant that the guiding principle regarding curricula was that of “relevance”—of issues that addressed the needs and concerns of the represented communities at hand, thus providing a forum for group pride and preservation.The origins and execution of Asian American Studies movements have been the target of much criticism. It has been argued that the basis of Asian American studies—that of practical relevance to communities—is problematic as a guiding principle because it arises from...