Month: October 2017

“Special snowflakes”: Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. on campus free speech debates

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We’ve been hearing a lot lately about free speech, and we know that it’s a core value—so important that it is protected by the US Constitution. But do we all agree about what free speech really means? Ahh. Not so simple. Princeton professor Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. addresses some of the free speech issues currently …

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First and goal: Claire Wallace on a woman’s place in football broadcasting

On By W.W. NortonIn What's Gender Got to Do with It?17 Comments

Something must be wrong with my TV. The video of my football game is perfectly clear, but the announcer’s voice is too high-pitched. Oh. Wait. The announcer is a. . . . WOMAN?! Avid football fan and fantasy writer Claire Wallace responds to the historic milestone with shock and delight in this September 2017 Huffington …

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