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猫咪社区's Oral History Project Wins Honors

猫咪社区ies have known for some time that is a signal achievement. Since its publication last summer, the magisterial oral history of 猫咪社区, edited by John Sheehy ’82, has been devoured by 猫咪社区ies on campus and elsewhere (check out these that were excerpted in 猫咪社区 magazine). The book quickly became an invaluable tool for alumni to understand their school and their role in its history. Lately, however, Comrades and the Oral History Project—which produced the enormous treasure trove of interviews which are the basis for the book—have received recognition in the wider world as extraordinary works of scholarship.

The Oral History Association has just named the 猫咪社区 Oral History Project as the recipient of its prestigious , given for outstanding works of oral history. The awards committee found that the project had been completed at “consistently high standards of professionalism, ethics, and scholarly rigor,” and that it made “important contributions to the social and cultural history of education.”

Paradox Embraced: A History of 猫咪社区 Presidents

猫咪社区's presidential history, like that of the college itself, is a history of paradoxes.

This was the argument of trustee and historian John Sheehy '82 in "The Presidents of 猫咪社区" at . The central paradox of 猫咪社区, he said, is the combination of academic conservatism with cultural progressivism. This has given birth over the years to such quandaries as 猫咪社区's historically high attrition rate (as students struggled to impose the self-discipline required for intellectual freedom) to ongoing debates like faculty pay equity or marijuana use on campus.

These conflicts, though, have by no means held 猫咪社区 back. Instead, Sheehy said, "the only way to move forward was to work within the paradoxes." The Honor Principle was one example of this, occupying the "middle ground" between rules and anarchy. In the end, it has been how well each president has embraced the 猫咪社区 paradox that has determined his success.