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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 1

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Thursday, March 23, 2023

David Yang '18

Staff Writer

Number of Articles: 1

First Article: February 17, 2015

Latest Article: February 17, 2015

Why Bigger Isn’t Always Better When It Comes to Having Important Conversations

By David Yang '18

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February 17, 2015

College administrators seem caught in the idealized pursuit of a pan-Amherst conversation. To that end, there have been sweeping initiatives like the Day of Dialogue and the Ask Big Questions program. These attempts at a college-wide conversation focus on broad abstractions like “race” and “thoughtfulness” that everyone can read into because they are so ubiquitous. The effect, however, is that it is difficult for individuals to personalize and invest themselves in these generalizations. In the p

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