Word: wilson
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...Greek scene at Princeton was terminated by Woodrow Wilson at the turn of the century, but has enjoyed an underground rebirth in the past 20 years. Wilson also tried to suspend the non-residential "eating clubs" but alumni would not stand for it. Our club system has its flaws but stands strong with about three quarters of upper-classmen as members. In a story in The Dartmouth, the college's daily newspaper, one student noted that barring single-sex frats would give rise to their co-ed equivalents, along the lines of Princeton's modern eating clubs. Those...
...axiom of statehood that war is what dictates borders; winners get the right to draw new lines. After World War I, as the Great Powers meted out geographical punishments and rewards, Woodrow Wilson advocated two principles that have governed statemaking ever since: the right to self-determination and the right to inviolable national borders. Unfortunately, they are often in conflict...
...West let captive nations in Eastern Europe grab back their independence and happily pushed statehood for the 14 republics inside the Soviet Union that wanted out. In consequence, independence and separatist movements weaving together ethnic, linguistic, cultural, religious and economic self-interests have blossomed worldwide. As Robert Lansing, Wilson's Secretary of State, warned, self-determination "is bound to be the basis for impossible demands and create trouble in many lands. What a calamity that the phrase was ever uttered." Where does the noble concept of self-determination stop...
During his time at Harvard, Glenshaw served as chief of staff to DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr., and helped draw in allstar academics including Fletcher University Professor Cornel West and Geyser University Professor William Julius Wilson...
During his time at Harvard, Glenshaw served as chief of staff to Du Bois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr, and helped draw in all-star academics including Fletcher University Professor Cornel West and Geyser University Professor William Julius Wilson...