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Alum Speculates on Kenyon Civility During CSAD, Is Wrong

April 11, 2016 By in Commentary Tags: , , , 6 Comments

Hey, that’s what we’re doing! “Social Justice Kittens” by liartownusa.tumblr.com

Yesterday, American Thinker, a conservative online daily publication run by Thomas Lifson and Richard Baehr, both ’69, published an article titled, “When the Social Justice Warrior Dogs Didn’t Bark.” Following the lead of other publications, Lifson, who authored the article, sought to praise Kenyon for its civility to James Comey P’16 who spoke during the CSAD conference on April 7th. The central argument of the article is that Kenyon has “a strong culture of engagement in serious discussion of ideas.” We agree, but we take issue with Lifson’s subsequent argument that Kenyon has this culture because it has not succumbed to the ‘trendy’ “leftist domination”of academia. According to Lifson, “this malign current must be resisted. Kenyon, although not explicitly conservative like Hillsdale College, has stuck to this goal resolutely.”

We have a few things to say about the article, namely that, um hey, do you even go here? Click through to come on this journey with us as we let our social justice warrior dogs give the article a good shred, paragraph by paragraph.

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A Conversation with Ben White

April 17, 2014 By in News Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment

Over the course of last week’s CSAD Conference, the Collegian talked to economists, journalists and experts who had descended on Gambier to discuss economic inequality. Collegian Social Media Director Eric Geller ’14 and I were lucky enough to speak with some of the invited panelists on video. Today’s CSAD interview is with Ben White, Chief Economic Correspondent at POLITICO.

White — a Kenyon alum from the class of 1994  — dissects the relationship between income mobility and income equality, and why Democrats have been rallying around the gender pay gap. He also weighs in on whether political partisanship is really worse than it has ever been, and how his Kenyon education prepared him to succeed as an economic journalist.

A Conversation with Lizzie O’Leary

April 16, 2014 By in News Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

Over the course of last week’s CSAD Conference, the Collegian talked to economists, journalists and experts who had descended on Gambier to discuss economic inequality. Collegian Social Media Director Eric Geller ’14 and I were lucky enough to speak with some of the invited panelists on video. Today’s CSAD interview is with Lizzie O’Leary, host of “Marketplace,” a radio show that focuses on businesses and the economy.

O’Leary talks about the challenges of reporting on the radio, whether journalists should be doing a better job parsing through political talking points, and what listeners should expect from her upcoming program, “Marketplace Weeekend.”

A Conversation with Jim Tankersley

April 15, 2014 By in News Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment

Over the course of last week’s CSAD Conference, the Collegian talked to economists, journalists and experts who had descended on Gambier to discuss economic inequality. Collegian Social Media Director Eric Geller ’14 and I were lucky enough to speak with some of the invited panelists on video. Today’s CSAD interview is with Jim Tankersley, an economics writer at The Washington Post.

Tankersley — who has been tasked with developing a new policy-explaining project at the Post since Ezra Klein’s departure to Vox Media — discusses the Republican approach to economic inequality, what readers can expect from his new project and the challenges of explaining complex economic problems to a wide audience.

Senators Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown Welcome You to the 2014 CSAD Conference

April 8, 2014 By in Features, News Tags: , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

This year’s 2014 CSAD Conference is on the topic of economic inequality. In partnership with the Center for the Study of American Democracy, we have the pleasure of opening the conference with introductions from Senators Sherrod Brown (D) and Robert Portman (R) of Ohio. Both have agreed to film introductions to the conference to share their feelings on the topic of economic inequality. Both have worked on legislation that work to solve the problem of economic inequality. Portman is currently a co-sponsor of the “Careers Through Responsive, Efficient, and Effective Retraining (CAREER) Act” along with Senator Michael Bennet, while Brown is a co-sponsor of the “Fair Minimum Wage Act.” For more info on the CSAD conference check out our preview.

Everything You Need to Know About the CSAD Conference

April 7, 2014 By in News, Uncategorized Tags: 2 Comments
The topic of this year's conference is economic inequality.

The topic of this year’s conference is economic inequality.

As you may have heard, this week marks the beginning of the Center for the Study of American Democracy’s (CSAD) biennial conference. Starting this Wednesday, politicos and economic experts alike will descend on Gambier to discuss “The Politics of Economic Inequality.”

From the College’s website:

Over the course of three days, the conference will take place on the Kenyon campus in Gambier, Ohio, and will involve broad student, faculty, and campus participation. The conference will include public panels and private discussions, with participants from a variety of fields: journalists, political actors, policy analysts, and academic from a variety of disciplines.

So how can you best take advantage of this influx of power and prestige coming to the Hill?

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Do it Tonight: State of the Union

February 12, 2013 By in Culture, Features, News Tags: , , , 2 Comments

Restoring hope to the galaxy, one term at a time.

Today marks not only Fat Tuesday and the birthday of former president Abraham Lincoln, but also the first State of the Union Address of President Obama’s second term. Though maybe not as entertaining as the debates of the past election year, there is one way to make any political event full of joy and laughter: alcohol. (Or, if you’re underage, sparkling apple cider.) Luckily, for all y’all, debatedrinking.com has come up with a drinking game for the address with such buzzwords and phrases as ‘Let me be clear…,’ ‘values,’ ‘jobs‘ and ‘energy.’ If you’re more into the cynical side of politics, Will Durst has written a satirical drinking game for the Huffington Post that might be up your alley [Ed. — Don’t you mean “up your spin alley“? Boom. Political pun. Nailed it.]

  • What: Obama’s annual State of the Union.
  • Where: Peirce Pub for the Watch Party (sponsered by the College Democrats, College Republicans and the CSAD) or any television on campus.
  • When: Tuesday, February 12th, 9:00 p.m.