Archives: October 2007

October 29, 2007

Hilgartner '82 teaching mind and body in Alabama

The Montgomery (AL) Advertiser today profiles Jim Hilgartner ‘82, a professor at Huntingdon College. Hilgartner gave a presentation on self-defense on Saturday, not normally a part of most English department curricula. [Hilgartner] demonstrated not only his narrative skills Saturday morning...

Parker Morse '96 at 10:08 AM | Comments (1)

October 22, 2007

Downtown Wireless

It may not have been widely broadcast to alumni visitors during Homecoming, but there’s free wireless in downtown Amherst now. There’s always been some, of course; the Black Sheep, Bart’s, Rao’s, and the Jones Library have offered free wireless for...

Parker Morse '96 at 11:22 AM | Comments (2)

October 18, 2007

Lane '85 on digital privacy

Frederick Lane ‘85, writer and internet privacy expert, is the subject of a Lancaster Intelligencer Journal article after he delivered a lecture at Elizabethtown College titled “Lost in MySpace: Personal Privacy and Safety in a Wired World.” Lane has written...

Brian Meacham '97 at 12:24 PM | Comments (2) | TrackBack

October 13, 2007

Arkes on Giuliani, part 2

In August, we highlighted some brief comments by Amherst professor Hadley Arkes regarding former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s presidential run and the implications of a Guiliani nomination for the Republican Party. In short, Arkes believed that a Giuliani...

Dave Nardolillo '98 at 01:31 PM | TrackBack

October 11, 2007

Remembering Henry Steele Commager

Professor Henry Steele Commager, a member of the Amherst faculty from 1956 to 1992, will be remembered in a day-long symposium titled “Henry Steele Commager: Celebrating One of Amherst’s Legends.” The symposium will feature the following speakers: William Alford ‘70,...

Brian Meacham '97 at 11:42 AM | TrackBack

October 10, 2007

What Would Socrates Say?

From its origins on the Amherst website to its own domain at AskPhilosophers.org, Professor Alexander George’s gathering place for philosophical questions asked by real people all around the world has now become the basis for a new book, What Would...

Brian Meacham '97 at 03:59 PM | TrackBack

October 09, 2007

What's in a name?

University of California, Berkeley School of Law, one of the top-ranked law schools in the country, is also commonly known as “Boalt Hall,” or “Boalt.” (The gift that made the law building possible in 1911 mandated that it be named...

Dave Nardolillo '98 at 09:52 PM | TrackBack

October 08, 2007

Battle of the college-town pizzerias?

We’re intrigued by this Yale Daily News article for several reasons. The first, obviously, is the suggestion that Pepe’s Pizza, a New Haven institution, having opened two new locations in Connecticut, is eyeing others, including potentially Amherst. Maybe they could...

Parker Morse '96 at 09:51 AM | Comments (1)