Volume CXXXI, Number 7, November 1, 2013
The Student Newspaper of Lawrence University Since 1884 THELAWRENTIAN VOL. CXXXI NO. 7 NOVEMBER 1, 2013 UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES INAUGURATION OF SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT MARK BURSTEIN Inauguration Value of liberal panel works to arts addressed define civility in second panel Rose Nelson Xue Yan Staff Writer Staff Writer _________________________ _______________________ As part of the weekend-long On Friday, Oct. 25, an celebration of President Mark Inauguration Discussion Panel Burnstein’s inauguration, a panel was held in the Music-Drama took place on Friday, Oct. 25 Center in the Stansbury Theatre. regarding the role of universities The topic was “The Issue of in relation to a rise of incivility in Difference and the Liberal Arts.” public discourse and the impor- In the panel, invited speakers tance of civility. included three Lawrence univer- The panel was made up of sity professors: Dominica Chang, Milwaukee County Executive Chris associate professor of French; Abele ’94; Christopher Eisgruber, Peter Glick, professor of psychol- President of Princeton University; ogy; and Henry Merritt Wriston, William Plapinger, Chair of Vassar Professor of the Social Sciences. College Board of Trustees; and Other speakers included Harold Claudena Skran, Professor of Jordan ‘72, former chair of the Government and Ediwn and Ruth Board and emeritus trustee at Weest Professor of Economics Lawrence University, and Terri and Social Science at Lawrence Harris Reed, Vice Provost for University. It was moderated by Diversity and Inclusion at George Terry Moran ’82, ABC News Chief Washington University. The Foreign Correspondant. moderator was Jill Dolan, Annan The panel began with the Professor in English, professor of panelists introducing themselves theater in the Lewis Center for and briefly outlining their under- the Arts and program director in standing of what incivility and Photo by Max Hermans gender and sexuality studies at civility mean in the context of the Burstein in formal presidential regalia just before marching into Memorial Chapel Princeton University.
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