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...part of that endeavor, Avery and Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 are co-sponsoring a holiday tea to conclude the week. It will be held in the Faculty Room in University Hall on Thursday, from...
Russell and the staff endeavor to work with students in a team approach to meet students' needs. I will complete the quote attributed to me: "We don't work for students." We work with students and faculty and others in an effort to provide the most appropriate and practical assistance possible...
...sure, history is hardly a pristine, purist endeavor. The historian can never completely recreate the past. But he can provide a snapshot or even a panorama of it. History is multi-directional--just as we influence history, so too does history influence us. This is not to deny a standard of historical veracity to which we should aspire. History is a "creative" field in that its purpose is to uncover creatively what occurred in the past, to the greatest degree of accuracy possible...
...that is itself enough. True as this may be, it is merely an unwitting side-effect. A film like Glory was made with the express intent of drawing attention to the contribution of black soldiers to the Union Army war effort during the Civil War. The success of this endeavor was dependent on the movie being perceived as historically credible. Such can be said of neither Anastasia nor Pocahontas. For the handful of people whom they might interest in history, these movies create a legion of historically misinformed individuals...
Internet hype is justified. (As editor of an online magazine, Slate.com I have a big stake in thinking so.) But Internet special pleading is not justified. The Net doesn't need and doesn't deserve exemption from the rules that apply to the rest of human endeavor...