Word: donning
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Alexiou adds that she doesn't see why politics would play a role in what is studied. Departments don't need to compete--rather, she says, they should "foster friendly relationships."
"There should not be allowed to develop a conflict of interest between say, Greek and Turkish studies...I get on extremely well with my colleagues in Ottoman and Turkish studies. I don't see why it should be anything other than that way," she says.
Don't get me wrong: Harvard students can be, and often are, great. They just aren't intellectuals. Sure, that first night the entire dorm gathered in somebody's common room and shared a bunch of ideas about what college was supposed to be, about where they were from and...
The politic are those who, despite their feelings on an issue, "just don't want to get into it." Maybe they feel the exchange of ideas will leave them where they are anyway and just create tension in a rooming group or a friendship. "It's just not worth it...
Maybe the undifferentiated mass of "work" we always talk about is the real problem. Where is the "learning from discussions with others" touted in those viewbooks? Does anyone ever carry conversation beyond section? When is the last time you got into a discussion with a roommate over reading for a...