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Yale Law Professor Reflects On Affirmative Action

Yale Law Professor Reflects On Affirmative Action

Last Wednesday, Professor of Law at Yale Law School Justin Driver delivered a lecture titled “The Fall of Affirmative Action.” He refuted conservative claims that affirmative action causes victimization of people of color, academic mismatch, and racialized balkanization.
Harry Finnegan ’28 Apr 8, 2026
Anthropology Professor Reflects on Disaster Nationalism

Anthropology Professor Reflects on Disaster Nationalism

On March 12, Associate Professor of Anthropology at St. Olaf College Vivian Choi delivered a talk titled “Disaster Nationalism: Dispatches from Sri Lanka and Minnesota.” She discussed a connection between natural and human-made catastrophes in Sri Lanka and “Operation Metro surge” in Minneapolis.
Lily Earnest ’28 Mar 25, 2026

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