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...Faculty has tended to take up this issue at different times, and it has been contentious,” Republican Club officer Colin J. Motley ’10 said. “We think that the Faculty are a little bit out of touch with student opinion...
...Brown joins this motley crew - and chances are he will (Tussaud's has been rebuffed only once in its history by a would-be subject, and that was Mother Teresa) - he can expect to be poked, prodded, kissed and possibly abused. In a world where fame is valued more highly than respect and pop stars take precedence over playwrights, it's an opportunity not to be missed...
...Weatherl ’10. According to Weatherl, after the club’s new executive board was elected last fall, the board created a list of political figures they thought HRC members would like to hear speak on campus. HRC Vice President for Campaigns and Activism Colin J. Motley ’10 said that many of the members are interested in behind-the-scenes politics, so the board wanted to bring in a political staffer like Rove. “Whether you love or hate what he’s done, you have to respect his ability...
...While my own undergraduate curriculum sometimes seemed, in spite of my best attempts, like a motley assortment of disconnected subjects, I always consoled myself with the thought that at least the agency I had been given was empowering. I was learning to take control of an intellectual project, formulating questions that interested me and seeking ways to answer them. I doubt that the program at Cambridge has the same intent. It demonstrates less confidence in the ability of undergraduates to create a meaningful program of study. Yet, in spite of such pedagogical constraints, the intellectual life here is just...
...inspire in some of the nation's darkest hours? Or was that gift a distillate of his dauntless battle with polio? To a keen student of human nature, all of life offers lessons in how to lead, inspire and endure. Lincoln's ability to apply useful lessons from his motley experiences was among his most striking traits. When Ulysses Grant explained his grand strategy to defeat Lee by attacking on multiple fronts, Lincoln immediately thought of a lesson in joint operations learned years earlier on the farm. "Those not skinning can hold a leg," he said approvingly. For other temperaments...