{"id":38336,"date":"2019-09-24T10:09:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T14:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/?post_type=r_cas_magazine&p=38336"},"modified":"2019-09-27T12:20:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T16:20:51","slug":"letters-3","status":"publish","type":"r_cas_magazine","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/arts-sciences\/article\/letters-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"

You requested information regarding the unknown professor (\u201cFrom the Archives,\u201d 2018<\/a>): My first thought was [author, professor, and political activist] Howard Zinn, as 232 Bay State Road, 3rd floor, was his office in the history and political science departments. But it is merely a guess.<\/p>\n

\u2014Jack Sparks (CAS\u201977, Wheelock\u201985)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is Stephen Coleman, redoubtable instructor of political science in the 1970s. A part (but only a part) of Steve\u2019s theory of pedagogy was \u201cfirst you have to get their attention.\u201d So why not a gorilla suit? I believe that Steve recently retired from teaching political science at Elmira College, where he also served as dean of faculty.<\/p>\n

\u2014Harvey Boulay (CAS\u201966, GRS\u201968,\u201973), former professor of political science at CAS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Professor Raymond Fisman (\u201cGiving Gone Bad,\u201d 2018<\/a>) could have saved much time and trouble by just looking at the Clinton Foundation. Whereas I agree that corporate donations are inappropriate in the cited examples, perhaps they should be banned in their entirety as a condition of corporate governance. Most of the time they only sustain the CEO\u2019s ego anyway. A $1,300 donation to a university affiliated with Chuck Grassley doesn\u2019t buy much influence. But the many documented mega-thousand-dollar corporate donations to the Clinton Foundation is a clear case of quid pro quo.<\/p>\n

\u2014Lawrence Milkowski (DGE\u201968, CAS\u201970)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Disappointed to see the latest issue of arts&sciences<\/em> magazine no longer carries the class notes or books, but would rather you get back on the PC you\u2019ve been on all day at work to look them up. Please return them to the print edition with your next issue!<\/p>\n

\u2014Philip Read (CAS\u201977)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> With the shift from a biannual to an annual publication, our goal was to find a new way to feature all of the notes we collect throughout the year\u2014far too many for three pages. But don\u2019t despair: class notes are printed in <\/em>Bostonia<\/a>, including those we used to print here. As the magazine continues to evolve, we welcome your ideas for how you would like your class notes to appear. Please email us at thurston@bu.edu<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m a prospective STEM grad student for BU, and randomly came across the \u201cAncient Advice for a Good Life\u201d (Fall 2017)<\/a> advice column. I just have to say that I really enjoyed the read. Even though I\u2019m about to finish up my bachelor\u2019s, I never really had any contact with the classics department at my school; I didn\u2019t even really know what was meant by \u201cclassics.\u201d The practicality of this advice column definitely opened my eyes to a field that I didn\u2019t really know existed; the brief and cogent responses appealed to my ADHD-ridden millennial brain. Nowadays, I think it\u2019s easy to get caught up in a world that focuses solely on science and math to solve their problems. This publication, I think, is evidence that other perspectives and departments have something to offer. I, for one, am a fan.<\/p>\n

\u2014Corin O\u2019Shea<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Years ago, I gave Katherine Kennedy [director of BU\u2019s Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground] a photo I took in around 1973 on Marsh Plaza of a poster on the ground that read, \u201cSIX MORE BROTHERS KILLED in Augusta\u2026\u201d I titled it \u201cLike Pearls\u201d and dedicated it to Medgar Evers; Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS\u201955, Hon.\u201959); the other Kennedys: Andrew, James, and Michael; Larry Largey; and to the lady who was beaten senseless by Cambridge riot cops who cordoned off Harvard Square and bludgeoned anyone who wasn\u2019t them\u2014and to all of us who stood and were counted in the Civil Rights movement and paid for it. Ms. Kennedy had my photo in her office until the students asked to hang it in the Common Ground Lounge. Your nice article on the Gotlieb Archival Research Center (\u201cWhat\u2019s in MLK\u2019s Briefcase?,\u201d 2018<\/a>) rekindled my desire to find out where my photo is.<\/p>\n

\u2014David Carroll (CAS\u201973)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m writing in response to your article, \u201cShe Was a WWII Codebreaker\u201d (2018)<\/a>, because I currently work at the exact location where the story took place. Arlington Hall is now part of the State Department as the Foreign Service Institute. If you want to know more about it or if you ever find yourself in the D.C. area, please let me know. I\u2019d be happy to show you around!<\/p>\n

\u2014Siranush Sarafian (CAS\u201913)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m a BU School of Music alum (trumpet performance major). I live in Durango, Colo., and have played \u201cTaps\u201d for the Memorial Day service here for the past 20 years. Before performing at the service today, I introduced myself to a small, elderly woman in a wheelchair. She was wearing a WWII ball cap and totally bundled up for the cold weather, but with bright eyes, a big smile, and an observable lively spirit. Caught her Boston accent and asked where she was from originally, and we made the BU connection. She invited me to come visit her at Thunderbird Ranch, about 30 miles from here, to play some more music. She struck a chord with me, so I Googled her when I got home and found your article (\u201cShe Was a WWII Codebreaker\u201d<\/a>). If I hadn\u2019t felt moved to go say hello, I\u2019d never have known.<\/p>\n

\u2014Ginger Jenks (CFA\u201979) <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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