The final panel for the day addresses issues having to do with liberal Arts Education and the search for truth. We have a distinguished group of panelists to address the question. I want to begin though with a bit of personal testimony of my own and then really an expression of gratitude. We will be discussing pathologies, undeniable pathologies that exist in american Higher Education these days. Compromising of Academic Freedom violations of Core Principles of freedom of speech, the lack of Viewpoint Diversity, the phenomenon of trying to win debates labeling other people as bigots or haters or what have you. Those pathologies as i say are undeniable. They exist. They are very widespread. Many people in the capital across the political spectrum not only recognize them but recognize that the present an urgent problem and truly a threat. A provost from Stanford University recently the public letter called that threat the threat from within the university saying that no threat to Higher
The final panel for the day addresses issues having to do with liberal Arts Education and the search for truth. We have a distinguished group of panelists to address the question. I want to begin though with a bit of personal testimony of my own and then really an expression of gratitude. We will be discussing pathologies, undeniable pathologies that exist in american Higher Education these days. Compromising of Academic Freedom violations of Core Principles of freedom of speech, the lack of Viewpoint Diversity, the phenomenon of trying to win debates labeling other people as bigots or haters or what have you. Those pathologies as i say are undeniable. They exist. They are very widespread. Many people in the capital across the political spectrum not only recognize them but recognize that the present an urgent problem and truly a threat. A provost from Stanford University recently the public letter called that threat the threat from within the university saying that no threat to Higher
It will start as snow, the atmosphere is plenty cold enough. But as we go through the morning hours, the warmer air will come in from the south, it will change the snow, the darker the blue, the heavier the snow. You can see that out here at 7 00 a. M. In the Lehigh Valley, in the meantime its raining, perhaps heavier rain farther south, you see the yellow areas from philadelphia to dover, cape may, by 9 30, its raining hard and its changed over from snow in allentown, over to ice. And that may be the Biggest Issue with this storm by the time its over. And thats why meteorologist Sheena Parveen is going to break that down hour by hour and place by place. And just minutes ago, penn dot gave an update on its crews brining the roads for the last in hours, salt truck also head out to try to keep the snow melting, and if it starts to pile up, plows are at the ready. The philadelphia Streets Department was loading up trucks in northeastern philadelphia. Officials tell us they hope to get roa
Week long, and we have a multitude of feelings since its a complex question. But i think the first thing we really have to say, any of us, is to the loved ones here in the area and in florida who suffered and lost their loved ones, we have to say to them, you didnt die in vain. What happened in orlando has created a sea change, not only across the United States, but across the world. Think about what happened. There have been candlelight vigils in almost every major city in the United States. In sydney, australia, they lit the sydney bridge in rainbow. The eiffel tower was lit up in rainbow. There were literally almost 100,000 people out in london. Tel aviv city hall was done. The ben franklin bridge in our area. Ben franklin bridge. And what you see from that is a movement. No longer are allies being quiet. Theyre now coming out and supporting in full strength. So, these people didnt die in vain because what youre going to see is already happening. Youre gonna see nondiscrimination la
15 minutes. Professor waugh this is for my lecture baseball becomes professional. It wasnt too long ago that , if youre controversial can can imagine. Sports and consumerism wasnt important enough. It would have raised eyebrows. Sports, Department Stores buying stuff, will not anymore. Sports and consumer culture our research and written about, made during like every other topic by historians. Now theyre even professors of sports history. Why . Because professors have found that we cannot ignore sports. Why . Because it represents money and big our, big big power, big business. Its also cultural and emotional. There is this tension between professionalism, big business, and the emotional ties that is exemplified by this letter, written by a baseball fan and published in a newspaper sports section. Let me read a quote. Care modern ballplayers about nothing but money. They dont care about their team , or their city, with their fans. In my day, things were different. That sounds familiar.