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...weeks ago, the students in Foreign Cultures 17, “Thought and Change in the Contemporary Middle East” watched a movie depicting the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The movie was introduced to the class as an objective account of the conflict, produced by the United Nations—the same organization that equated Zionism with racism...
Last week, two guest lecturers addressed the class. The first delivered a balanced account of the conflict: She identified the mistakes and virtues of both sides and called upon Israel and Palestine to make various concessions to one another...
Although “Thought and Change in the Contemporary Middle East” does not admit to endorsing an agenda, it clearly subscribes to one. The ruminations of the United Nations, on their own, is hardly a balanced account of events. Neither is juxtaposing a moderate line-tugger with a vehement pro-Palestinian, or showing a gory documentary of life in Gaza without an accompanying video depicting the savage terrorism committed against Israelis...
...professors, for whatever reason, find themselves unable to offer a balanced account of their subject, they should acknowledge their bias and explain what informs their understanding of the issue at hand. If they don’t, then the College should take action––in such a class, students are being indoctrinated, not educated...
...Beers has failed at nothing. Starting as a lowly account executive 30 years ago, Beers is the only woman to head two of the largest advertising agencies. She was one of the few women to ever appear on Fortune's cover, legendary for wooing clients, once successfully pitching Sears while taking apart a power drill (and putting it back together again without chipping a nail). Last spring when Powell, who'd gotten to know her on various corporate boards recruited her, she had retired to West Palm Beach, Florida, with her white toy poodle. Recently remarried to a New York...