Williams Student Defies Intimidation, Defends Open Discourse
The week before last we wrote that many Williams students are afraid to defend Israel, feeling they will be marginalized if they speak...
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Supporting President Mandel on Institutional Neutrality, Encouraging Williams to Adopt Kalven Report
Yesterday, in response to concerns that she had been silent in the wake of Hamas’s unprovoked terrorist attacks on Israel, President Maud...
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Williams students afraid to defend Israel
Across the country, in living rooms, at kitchen tables, Americans are talking about the Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel. Twitter is...
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Williams leadership need make crystal clear it supports free speech on campus
Last week, we reported on the FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) ratings showing that while the climate for free...
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Free Speech Climate Improving at Williams, but still below average
Whenever we alumni interact with current Williams students, we often hear the same thing: they’re afraid to speak out lest their remarks...
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Liberal "intellectualism" and Free Speech include dialogue and discussion as well as debate
When we invited Niko Malhotra ’24 to join us as a student representative on our steering committee, he readily agreed, sharing a piece he...
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Prof Maroja stands up against ideological subversion of science
Many of us have long been aware of the increasing politicization of the humanities and social sciences, but until recently, this trend...
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Prof Paul considers a new meaning of listening
Four years ago, in response to controversies at a number of colleges and universities including Yale and Evergreen College State College...
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Prof. Maroja joins scholars in defending merit in science
In a recent piece published in the Journal of Controversial Ideas, our Professor of Biology Luana Maroja joined twenty-six other...
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Prof Gerrard: On Listening to Those who Stand in Different Places
In the second of two pieces Philosophy Professor Steven B. Gerrard published in Bloomberg in September 2019 (which we referenced in this...
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Cancelling controversial speakers prevents students from learning to engage with uncomfortable ideas
Serous threats to free speech at our alma mater first emerged during the tenure of the college's immediate past president. In February...
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Philo. Prof. Steven Gerrard branded "Enemy of the People" for supporting Free Speech
Because we are champions of the Chicago Statement (also known as Chicago Principles), we are citing Philosophy Professor Steven B....
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Biology Professor Luana Maroja's concern about an "existential threat" to science
All too often, college (and university) professors who favor cancelling speakers or otherwise constricting campus discourse make the...
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Reducing my Alumni Fund Donation to Support Free Speech
When one of my class agents e-mailed me reminding me of the upcoming deadline for this year’s alumni fund, I wrote back, thanking her for...
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Main Problem at Williams according to Alumnus
The following is an email sent from Steve H Corkran to Society of Alumni President Tom Gardner Hi Tom - Happy New Year. Given our prior...
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At Williams, a Funny Way of ‘Listening’
A mob kept disrupting a speaker I invited to campus. The president calls that a success. By Zachary Wood First published on November 16,...
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On Campus Activism
By Williams President Maud Mandel First Published July 10 2019 in Williams Magazine It’s summer in Williamstown: a wonderful time to step...
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The Rise of the Comfort College
By Steven B. Gerrard First Published in Bloomberg News on September 9, 2019 Last year, in the fall of 2018, I tried to stand up for...
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With academic freedom under threat at MIT, Williams must commit to free speech
By Nico Malhotra First Published in The Williams Record November 10, 2021 In higher education, academic freedom and a tolerance for a...
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With academic freedom under threat at MIT, Williams must commit to free speech
By Niko Malhotra for the Williams Record on November 10, 2021 In higher education, academic freedom and a tolerance for a variety of...
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