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SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR by Walter Isaacson...
Callahan, J. A.; Case, K. M.; Caulfield, R. L.; Chalkey, E. G. S.; Chandler, M.; Chubb, W.; Clark, A. M.; Coffin, K. P.; Coggins, P. B.; Cohen, A. H.; Connor, J. E., Jr.; Coolidge, F. P., Jr.; Cornell, J. H.; Craighton, R. L.; Cutler...
Assistant Professor of English and of Visual and Environmental Studies J.D. Connor says that in addition to the effect of downplaying academics, moving the school year forward could harm students’ other activities...
...those students who imagine a future in academia and other highly motivated students, the yawning gulf between the last day of classes in December and the end of exams can be filled with sparkling original research,” Connor says. “Pushing exams back, compressing reading period and exams, etc. will thwart that kind of work, and no J-term can make up for it. I fear that we may trade seriousness—about academics, the arts and athletics—for a stress-free holiday and some smorgasbord course offerings in January...
...relegating the ‘girls’ to traditional get-the-coffee, type the letters roles. This signaled to all of us that sexism runs deep and symbolized the subordinate role that males, whatever their political stripe, thought should be our lot. Look, Sandra Day O’Connor graduated third in her class at Stanford Law and the only job she could get out of law school was as one of the ‘girls’ in the secretarial pool at a law firm. So I guess that we rallied against the word...