Three months ago, an exhibit on Soviet political posters and cartoons might have (to the detriment of all) come to Brown and left without much ado or notice. As a Slavic Studies concentrator and political cartoon enthusiast, I thank Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev for returning international attention to where it belongs: the former Soviet [...]

The very definition of a liberal arts education is a contrast of educations, rather than a concrete methodology. In ancient Rome, liberal education distinguished between the vocations taught to a slave,and the education imparted upon a freeman.Liberal arts were the foundation of the medieval Western university, a form requiring all students to master grammar, rhetoric, [...]

Boycotting threats by Olympic athletes represent the most heinous realization of growing international anti-Chinese sentiment, beyond the refusal of politicians to attend the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The boycotts will inevitably be ineffective at realizing their aims because the aims are elusive to everyone involved. The hysteria caused partially by [...]