Political activism

driver
Thu, 14 Apr 2005 00:05:26 +0000

From the perspective of a parent who visits a few times a year and regularly reads the Williams Record and checks the website, I agree with the above perceptions. The college offers a great guest speakers program, with all sides represented. They seem to be well-attended, but political activism as a group activity doesn’t seem to be of much interest…not necessarily a bad thing on a small campus, IMO. Neither the College Dems nor the Garfield Republican clubs have updated their websites in two or three years, despite the recent presidential election. Issues of the day are definitely widely discussed, however, and I’ve been very impressed with the maturity with which the community has dealt with a number of hot-button socio-political issues that have popped up on campus during my 3-year tenure as a Williams-watcher.