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Grad Life No one ever said that being a doctoral student was easy, especially at the Graduate Center. GC students lack the financial support that private institutions with large endowments, such as New York University or Columbia University, generally provide to their doctoral students to...

The Adjunct Project: Wh...

Who is the adjunct project? Adjuncting Kate Griffiths, Anthropology Program: I’m getting involved with the Adjunct Project and the PSC contract fight because I’ve seen that when union members take that role seriously and get involved in our unions, exciting things can happen...

In the Classroom of the...

Dispatches From The Front “Only dialogue, which requires critical thinking, is capable of generating critical thinking. Without dialogue, there is no communication, and without communication, there can be no true education….For the truly humanist educator and the authentic...

Letters

Letters Editor’s Note: Adem Carroll’s article, “Jeffery Wiesenfeld, Islamophobia, and the Madrassa,” was published with the November 2007 Advocate web-only content and is reprinted in this issue on page 11. Defending Wiesenfeld That you would allow such slander and...

The Rhetoric of Demoniz...

“We will deliver justice to our enemies.”—George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, January 28th, 2008 From The Editor’s Desk As Oscar Wilde once wisely remarked “a man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies,” and President Bush’s...