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...respecting Cornellian could tell you that that chicken was as live as a cow in heat. If Sidorsky can't tell the difference between a rubber chicken and a real one maybe he better come out here to the country for a few days; we would be happy to teach a city boy like him the facts of life. Michael Ullmann '80 Cornell University
Those who teach the few women's studies courses at Harvard are divided on how to establish their field. Catherine Widom says she would favor a concentration if it was to be an interdisciplinary committee because "There's lot of potential for people in a separate department to be put aside and forgotten. Teachers might have a stronger position in a regular department." As an interim measure designed to integrate the material into general courses, she suggests that the committee prepare information packets for professors, who she thinks would be receptive to such attempts. Goodenough favors any efforts...
...TEACH BY LEARNING: WILLIAM KENNETH JONES, 46, of Columbia. Studied at Columbia and Columbia Law. Clerked for Justice Tom C. Clark. Briefly practiced private law in Cleveland. Married; three children...
When New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller asked Jones in 1970 to serve on the Public Service Commission because he was a well-known expert on antitrust and regulatory law, Jones agreed but only on condition that he could continue teaching at Columbia. But even while teaching, he also enrolled himself as a student in statistical techniques. Says he: "Mathematics is going to be an increasingly important part of legal development, and I do not wish to become obsolete." There is little danger of that, for Jones applies the same tactic to his teaching. Says he: "The largest part of teaching...
...right to die and whether Massachusetts should require deposits on soft-drink bottles. Tribe is celebrated among students for his knack in jazzing up constitutional issues (he recently had them argue whether the President could be impeached for an armed intervention in Angola). Tribe also tries "to teach a little bit about justice." Says he: "There is a certain resistance among the students. The idea is that if you talk about justice, you should be in the divinity school. And the kids are here because they are, in a sense, the best technicians. But the answer, I guess, is that...