If April showers bring May flowers, what happens in June? Oh, yes, gubernatorial recalls and Venus transits (and liberal arts links). Hope your June is off to a great start!
- “Tilghman To Graduates: Cultivate Possibilites Of A Liberal Arts Education,” by Karin Dienst at Princeton University. Princeton’s president reiterated our theme to this year’s graduating a class, a time when the liberal arts are being seen as a burden. “…education in the liberal arts promotes in citizens innovation, independent thinking and the ability to work across disciplinary boundaries.”
- “Public Money Finds Back Door to Private Schools,” by Stephanie Saul in The New York Times. Newly introduced bills are looking to take a step toward privatizing schools. This takes a look at what the implications could be.
- “Mind The Gap: London’s Olympic Games Are Falling Down,” by Dave Zirin at Edge of Sports. Sports and politics are attached at the hip sometimes, and that is never more true than during Olympic games. This summer, the Olympic class warfare divides London.
- “Could Cops Use Google to Prevent Murder?” by Will Oremus at Slate. This is half creepy, and half awesome. Google could save lives, as long as we’re okay with little spies watching our keystrokes.
- “The Crayola-fication of Our World: How We Gave Colors Names, and it Messed with Our Brains. (Part 1)” by Aatish Bhatia at Empirical Zeal. As Shakespeare wrote, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” But is blue still blue if it shares a name with green? This blog uses real scientific data to analyze how language affects how we see color. Warning, a bit mind blowing.