tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post4062074611202817382..comments2023-12-14T21:55:11.213-05:00Comments on Mitchell Langbert's Blog: Sarah Lawrence College Says No to US News RankingsMitchell Langberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722335216553899790noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-40525504247680109592010-09-17T16:42:44.256-04:002010-09-17T16:42:44.256-04:00That's awesome! I was just at my 35th reunion...That's awesome! I was just at my 35th reunion this past June. It was wonderful. One of the alumni, Danny Emerman, has a restaurant in the city and a big chunk of the class, about a third, attended the dinner. They were mostly theater students as opposed to classics geeks like me. I wish Mr. Siegel had been there!Mitchell Langberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722335216553899790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-30541575377958227072010-09-16T16:19:39.163-04:002010-09-16T16:19:39.163-04:00Mr. Siegle is still there! a legend, the man.Mr. Siegle is still there! a legend, the man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-63761585579507635572009-12-19T14:13:16.939-05:002009-12-19T14:13:16.939-05:00Dear Graham: Jeff Adams was my don! (I assume they...Dear Graham: Jeff Adams was my don! (I assume they still have those). I didn't speak with him much, and in fact didn't know he was a Republican! I'm glad to hear it. I had the impression that the place had become politically correct in the 1990s when Ivan Boesky's son and his friend were thrown out for telling a joke. I was slightly involved in that incident. Frank Randall who likely retired by now had spoken with me (I had called him first after seeing his name in an article).<br /><br />I was there for two years, 73-75 and took two years of philosophy with Elfie Stock who got married while I was there and then her name was Elfie Raymond. She was great. I'd be interested in knowing if Mr. Siegle might still be teaching classics there after all these years. I took two years of Greek with him and he was still there in the 1990s, but he must be close to age 80 now so he likely has retired.<br /><br />I'm sure that there are many good professors there today. Your saying that Jeff is a Republican renews my faith in the place. If you see him you might ask him if he remembers me. It was a long time ago, 35 years, that I graduated.<br /><br />My ex wife's son, Jesse Lentchner, went there in the 1990s and he married Rebecca Turner who was also a student there. My wife, Freda, also went there at the same time I did.<br /><br />I'm delighted that things are still no-holds-barred there. I'll make sure I include them in my will!<br /><br />By the way, some things never leave you. I was just reading Plato's Protagoras and Aristotle's Politics, subjects I might have covered or did cover there.Mitchell Langberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722335216553899790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-38049996342374430932009-12-19T10:42:54.945-05:002009-12-19T10:42:54.945-05:00Hi Mr. Langbert,
Interesting read. I actually jus...Hi Mr. Langbert,<br /><br />Interesting read. I actually just graduated from Sarah Lawrence in May, after studying history, international relations, and that sort of thing.<br /><br />Politically the school was particularly informative. I like to describe my transformation in the last four years as "went in a communist, and came out a human being." The kneejerk reaction by such ridiculous groups as a revival chapter of the old SDS to an article I wrote was surprisingly fierce. I called for, essentially, more classes on "dead white men," and was excoriated for it.<br /><br />So yes, because people tend to not think through their positions and beliefs, I have moved more rightwards, but I wouldn't consider myself a conservative. I suppose the best summary of my ideology these days would be "guns and butter." I really owe that to Sarah Lawrence.<br /><br />One question: was Jefferson Adams teaching there while you were a student? My guess is not, but he's a diehard Republican (and gay to boot), who is absolutely not afraid to discuss, say, his disgust for Hilary Clinton or anxiety over Obama in class. And you should have heard him in conference. Regardless of what they think, no one at SLC is afraid to voice it, and I think that's what makes it such an amazing school.Graham J.http://automaticballpoint.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com