princeton

[wesw]

a few headlines from the google.....


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Princeton considers dropping Woodrow Wilson name after protests
BBC News‎ - 3 days ago

Princeton University students have urged school officials to rename programmes and ...

Princeton Protesters Demand Removal of Woodrow Wilson's Name
Newsweek‎ - 3 days ago

We have the Woodrow Wilson/PC debate all backwards: Protesters are forcing a debate Princeton has whitewashed for ...
Salon‎ - 3 days ago
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[MajGenl.Meade]

What a fun game! Google News! Who knew?



No sign of Paris suspect in Belgium raids as Brussels remains under high alert

The 2016 presidential candidates: How they'd fight ISIS

Manhunt underway after New Orleans gunmen shoot 16

British leader seeks wider airstrikes on Islamic State as Europe remains on ...

Pfizer and Allergan to Merge in $160 Billion Deal

How Tottenham Hotspur were remade into one of the Premier League's best teams

[Joe Guy]

King Tides, the highest of the winter, hit Bay Area today

(Which is very interesting since it's not winter yet)

Killion: Things go from bad to worse for Niners

Carol Doda, Brown Twins gone: Who are SF's beloved characters now?

These 12 absurd things about air travel defy logic

Horoscope for Monday, 11/23/15 by Christopher Renstrom

(just headlines. I didn't read the stories)

[MajGenl.Meade]

That's the spirit!

[wesw]

Woodrow Wilson won t be missed...

but George and Jefferson will next be ditched

to destroy them.., tricky, tricky

must meade and joe..., take the mickey?

beer and coffee alas do tease...

join one, join all, the conversation please...

[MajGenl.Meade]

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yrs,
The Dread Pirate Rubato

[Joe Guy]

I've always assumed that without proof I must suppose something to be the truth and that proof is an assumption in itself, therefore nothing is real.

yrs,
Mirage Otto

[dales]

[wesw]

Princeton Open Campus Coalition
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... 4040,d.cWw

[Lord Jim]

The following is a Public Service Announcement from Lord Jim:

How to Copy and Paste

The Copy and Paste functions are some of the most important fundamentals to master for manipulating objects on a computer. Once these skills become second nature, tasks like revising documents, managing files, and sharing images will become much less of a hassle. This guide will show you all of the ways you can copy and paste files and text, regardless of your operating system or skill level.


Method 1 of 8: Select Content to Copy



Highlight text. Text is one of the most common objects that gets copied, and is essential for document editing and other word processing tasks. You can click and drag to select specific sections of text, or press Ctrl+A (PC) or ⌘ Cmd+A (OS X) to select all of the text on a document or page.


Method 3 of 8: Right-Clicking



1
Highlight text. Text is one of the most common objects that gets copied, and is essential for document editing and other word processing tasks. You can click and drag to select specific sections of text, or press Ctrl+A (PC) or ⌘ Cmd+A (OS X) to select all of the text on a document or page.

Right-click on something you have selected. If you are using a one-button mouse with Mac OS X, press Control and click to open the right-click menu. If you have multiple files selected, right-click on any of them. If you have a large amount of text selected, right-click on any portion of the highlighted text.

http://www.wikihow.com/Copy-and-Paste

There are six more methods listed, but I don't want to over-burden you wes; those two should be more than sufficient...It ain't rocket surgery...

Contrary to the popular mythology, it is in fact possible to teach an old dog new tricks...If you need help, ask your 13 year old to walk you through it...

I guess I shouldn't complain though...

Afterall, posting a link to an article without bothering to copy and paste it (or any portion of it) for the convenience of the readers is a huge improvement over his previous MO...

Just typing, "I read something about something in an article somewhere" and leaving it entirely to the imagination of the reader to figure out WTF he was talking about....

Baby steps...

[rubato]

"...
Princeton considers dropping Woodrow Wilson name after protests
BBC News‎ - 3 days ago

Princeton University students have urged school officials to rename programmes and ...
... "

We have an ongoing problem with how to deal with our history when our moral understanding has changed. I don't think we have yet come up with a good framework with which to keep faith with what we now know is right and what our ancestors, some of whom accomplished great things, did in those areas. Woodrow Wilson was authentically a racist, as much as Nixon was. But he also foresaw in the end of WW I what we should have done to avoid WW II.

Very few great leaders are also great men in both their public and personal lives: George Catlett Marshall, Neils Bohr, and Jimmy Carter were examples of both. But Eisenhower, Einstein, and JFK were not.


yrs,
rubato

[MajGenl.Meade]

Quite so, rubato. I like this site's take (also see the links to Wilson/Princeton and Richard Cohen's piece)

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articl ... 28836.html

Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber’s decision to capitulate to student protesters, and initiate processes to expunge Woodrow Wilson’s name and image from campus buildings is an affront to history. For Princeton, the university that Wilson led for eight years, to take the lead in warping Wilson into a historical monster amounts to an abdication of its role as an institution of higher learning.

One need not be a fan of Wilson’s to acknowledge that he is one of America’s most consequential presidents. He played a pivotal role in passing the constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote. He created the Federal Reserve and instituted the first federal progressive income tax. He crafted the antitrust law that empowers the federal government to block corporate mergers and prevent monopolies, and established the Federal Trade Commission to enforce it.

And that’s just on the domestic front. He also made America a global power, winning the fight against isolationism that was led by his former secretary of state, William Jennings Bryan, so that America could enter, and end, World War I. While he failed in the war’s aftermath to fulfill his dream of a new international organization dedicated to the prevention of future wars, Wilson’s vision eventually triumphed thanks to his disciples Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. The United Nations was rooted in Wilsonian principles and proved to be a transformational force for peace and decolonization.

Wilson held racist views and his presidency was a setback for racial progress. That much is indisputable. But the caricature of Wilson as a virulent racist is inaccurate. While historical context does not exonerate Wilson’s record on race, neither is it irrelevant to understanding it.

What’s true and most damning is that Wilson re-segregated the federal workforce.

Wilson’s chapter in the story of race in America is a sorry one, and it’s a story that should be (accurately) told. But so should the rest of the Wilson story. Not simply for Wilson’s sake, but because there is so much to dissect and learn from.

It was suggested that rather than remove Wilson, what should be done is to place an explanatory plaque acknowledging typical racist attitudes at the turn of the century and his in particular (although again, truth is not just a sound-bite). Where ends the removal from history of persons unapproved in the 21st century? Why does Stalinist strategy reappear on USian campuses?

Wilson was born 5 years before Virginia seceded from the Union. What he learned, the attitudes he imbibed, the culture into which he was not abnormal at all - all these things need to be understood (not excused) and explored (not eradicated).

These students are, essentially, sticking their fingers in their ears and chanting "la la la la la la la la la"