Philosophy
The word “Philosophy”
means the love of wisdom. But the love of wisdom
requires commitment and discipline to decide what
it is that constitutes knowledge. Is knowledge
the ability to answer correctly on midterms and
finals, or is knowledge the pursuit of the un-asked
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The Wisdom of Professor Christine
Holmgren
Those of us who have taken one of Professor Holmgren’s
courses will certainly appreciate some additional
wisdom from her. I was fortunate enough to have
been able to sit down, one-to-one and ask questions
that I believe many students have wanted to ask...
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The Wisdom of Professor
Jim Stramel
It was my great honor and
pleasure to interview Philosopher and Professor,
Dr. Jim Stramel. Dr. Stramel has been teaching
philosophy at SMC since 92 (part-time –
since 99 full-time). We started off our discussion
about the nature of philosophy and I invite you
to “listen-in” and gain some insight
from one of SMC’s favorite professors...
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Feminine Mystique
In reading passages from
Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique, I have
to keep reminding myself, that the time she speaks
of wasn’t that long ago. The cage that women
allowed themselves to be put into was atrocious.
It sounds like a different America, at least for
some people. Growing up in an African-American household,
I don’t remember my father pleading with my
mother to stay home and take care of the children...Read
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MacBeth
There are very few things
in this world that one can count on. One of those
few things is Macbeth. No matter what school you
go to you will eventually read and learn the epic
tale of Macbeth. But one thing you can’t count
on is man. One minute he is on the straight and
narrow and the next his is speeding down the highway
to hell. But no matter how far he strays he always
has something, a small strand of rope connecting
him to good. Whenever he wants, he can pull himself
up, and away form the evil. He will never be completely
lost to evil...Read
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Comfort Women
“Mr. Chairman, how
much compensation do you think ought to be paid
to a woman who was raped 7,500 times? What would
the members of the Commission want for their daughters
if their daughters had been raped even once? China,
Korea, Philippines, Netherlands, Burma – these
are your daughters. How can the international community,
even though dominated by men, fail to demand that
Japan provide meaningful compensation for each of
these women?”...Read
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My Visit to the Museum of
Tolerance
Before entering this museum,
I knew that Hitler had killed 6 million Jews, but
this was an experience that opened my eyes, gave
me more knowledge of what happened in this event,
and gave me chills through my skin. Now I understand
what the tour guide meant when he said, "history
has a chance of repeating itself, if we don’t
remember"...Read
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Venus Envy
One can not define beauty;
it is beyond language, yet we struggle to capture
its essence. Since the beginning of time civilizations
have endured both tragic and humorous consequences
in its never-ending pursuit of beauty...Read
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