Du Bois comes alive
“Even though [some of ] W.E.B. Du Bois’ works are a century old, it was interesting to see intellectuals use his concepts and ideas and molding them into something I can use today,” said Molly Kafka ’06, who attended the “Diversity, Democracy, Du Bois” symposium last week. Speakers highlighted the connections between the past and the present in an interdisciplinary dialogue about the contemporary relevance of Du Boisean concepts.
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Speech highlights
Professor Deborah K. King on Du Bois and gender, Former Grinnell professor Christopher Parker on African-Americans in the military
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John Edwards for Prez
The 2004 race for the presidency swept through campus Wednesday night with a visit from John Edwards, a Democratic senator from North Carolina who’s fighting his party’s nomination. Edwards was the first candidate to visit campus this semester and talked to a mixed audience of town and gown in the Forum South Lounge about an array of domestic and foreign policy issues, attacking President George W. Bush throughout, and ignoring his fellow Democratic candidates.
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Student activity fund evaporates
This year $30,000 less will be available for students and student groups than was made available last year. This is because the Student Activities Fund (SAF) has been scrapped this year to fund mental health initiatives. As a result, most funding for student groups comes from the coffers of the SGA. “SGA’s budget’s already spent, and the money’s pretty tight,” said Tom Crady, vice president for student services, whose office now controls the money that would have gone to SAF.
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