Thanksgiving?
What does Thanksgiving mean to you? To all of us? Join us Friday night (11/21) in Mabie at 7:15pm for snacks as we address these questions! This meeting will be shorter, running no longer than an hour. Notes & Agenda.
Month: November 2019
Why we revived The Forum
(Also published in The Williams Record.) Williams can be a deeply warm place. Its pockets of warmth arise when students get together — practicing with a sports team, escaping the icy air to gather with friends in Paresky, participating in a seminar. When we connect with each other in the midst of frosty weather, our removed Read more about Why we revived The Forum[…]
Projecting the Democratic Debate!
Join us at 9pm on Nov. 20 as we project the Democratic Presidential Debate in Baxter Hall! There’ll be pizza and dessert. We’re putting together this watch party in collaboration with EphVotes, Womxn in Politics, The Williams Democrats, and The Society For Conservative Thought. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome!
Privacy & Tech.
Join us Friday night at 7:30pm as we talk about privacy in the context of modern technological regimes. What forms of privacy do we care about? Should we be worried? If are privacy is being violated, how, if it all, can we respond? We’re excited to figure out what to do, together. Notes & Agenda
“Electability” & “Identity” as Election Terms
On Friday, 11/08, students came together at the FORUM to discuss the terms “electability” and “identity politics”—and their implications in politics today. Often, students discussed their ideas about these terms through the lens of the Democratic presidential primary, though candidates and political races from many decades were referenced. In short, participating students sought to define Read more about “Electability” & “Identity” as Election Terms[…]
Featured in The Williams Record
Jacob Posner (’23) recently wrote a feature in The Williams Record about the nature and recent history of The Forum.