<p>On a related note: History Prof. Tim Burke was amused that the right wing rag, The Weekly Standard, singled out one of his courses (The Whole Enchilada: Debates in World History) as being typical light-weight fluff from today's ultra-liberal colleges.</p>
<p>Here's his blog comment ("Goof Off Readings.....") and a link to the course syllabus to see the reading list for the lightweight course.</p>
<p>In a subsequent blog comment ("The Secret of My Success"), he offers a hint to other professors asking how they, too, could get their own courses honored in similar fashion:</p>
<p>"According to Associate Vice President of Facilities and Services C. Stuart Hain, who was consulted in the decision-making process, “The question for me is why the request came so close to the intended event."</p>
<p>Well, duh, if there had been more time, and it being political season, do you think they would have chosen Swarthmore? Oh, well, Swarthmore's loss is Bryn Mawr's gain. Nothing earthshattering either way.</p>
<p>Yeah. I would have liked to have seen Clinton speak on campus.</p>
<p>That's why I am curious what ISI would make of it. Rejecting an "ultra-liberal" ex-President in favor of students focusing on exams and papers. Seems like that would be right up their alley as their favorite talking points seem to be the need to reject "ultra-liberal" politics and embrace old-school, nose-to-the-grindstone academics.</p>
<p>And, yes...I do think they might have chosen Swarthmore. It's a battleground district in Pennsylvania politics and they have a really nice auditorium. They get a fairly steady parade of political events.</p>
<p>I do understand the logistical problems, not the least of which is that the campus has essentially zero parking (by design). I suspect that they would have been more likely to host the event if it were not a pure campaign stop.</p>