Antagonism Beyond Our Front Gates
It arrived through email in February of last year. The subject line declared, “Office of Student Conduct: Notice of Off-Campus Citation.” My … [Read more...] about Antagonism Beyond Our Front Gates
Foreign Service Values Transcend Diplomacy
Is the School of Foreign Service losing its soul? Some seem to think so. While career statistics reveal that shockingly few of the school’s … [Read more...] about Foreign Service Values Transcend Diplomacy
QUALLEN: Healy’s Inner Turmoil, Our Current Conflict
Last week, President DeGioia accepted a recommendation to scrub the names Mulledy and McSherry from university buildings. The names Freedom … [Read more...] about QUALLEN: Healy’s Inner Turmoil, Our Current Conflict
QUALLEN: Georgetown Academy: A Match In The Wind
In 1965, Herbert Marcuse called for a new, repressive kind of tolerance. In 1987, Allan Bloom declared that relativism had closed the … [Read more...] about QUALLEN: Georgetown Academy: A Match In The Wind
QUALLEN: Slavery Inextricably Tied To Georgetown’s Growth
The facts of the sale are well known: In 1838, Thomas F. Mulledy and William McSherry, then the president of Georgetown, sold 272 … [Read more...] about QUALLEN: Slavery Inextricably Tied To Georgetown’s Growth
QUALLEN: Catholic Identity Combats Klan Racism
Find a copy of 1921’s yearbook. Open it to page 171. Here’s what you’ll see: around a dozen young men in daHoyark suits. Their ties spill … [Read more...] about QUALLEN: Catholic Identity Combats Klan Racism
The Life of Pebbles
In the coming months, the university will open a campus-wide dialogue on its relationship with racism and slavery, which reached its nadir … [Read more...] about The Life of Pebbles
QUALLEN: Slavery’s Remnants, Buried and Overlooked
Two weeks ago, the roughly 1,580 students comprising the Class of 2019 arrived on campus. Beginning with New Student Orientation and … [Read more...] about QUALLEN: Slavery’s Remnants, Buried and Overlooked
On Painful, Senseless Hatred
From how it played out on the street and screen, you might think students were having fun. They smiled and laughed with witty signs, … [Read more...] about On Painful, Senseless Hatred
