The Anthropology & Sociology Department hosted its annual end-of-year dinner on Monday, May 20th at the Williams Inn. The campus a capella group GQ performed, featuring a couple of ANSO seniors (shout out to Kiri Fitzpatrick and Hen Wieman). Hannah Dubb was presented with the Robert Friedrichs Award in Sociology,… Continue reading »
Some Notes on Crisis Upon the Eve of the Closing of a Luxury Mall One of my first days back home in San Juan I open an article by Bloomberg news titled “Everything Went Wrong for Puerto Rico’s $475 Million Mall.” I have only… Continue reading »
Buddhist Prosecutor “Even if I just clap my hands,” the Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh wrote, “the effect is everywhere, even in faraway galaxies.” What kind of effect, then, would incarcerating an individual—or not—have in the world? How would a Buddhist prosecutor, if that is not a contradiction in… Continue reading »
Jarred In the dark, 79 pairs of eyes stare at the screen ahead. My In-Depth Reporting class at Fudan University in Shanghai is watching a documentary film titled, “Internet’s Own Boy.” The film follows the life of Aaron Swartz, the founder of Reddit who valiantly fought against the privatization… Continue reading »
Addressing Wellness, Not Illness, in Community Health Sickness is more a product of social forces than biological ones. Like any good idealistic college senior (especially one with a sociology degree), I left Williams in the spring of 2012 with convictions such as these, borne out of long classroom and office… Continue reading »