English major Robert Turchick and Philosophy major Alex Lipton join Episode 19 of Liberal Arts Voices to discuss the student run liberal arts magazine Agora.
Alex and Rob talk with Dean Long about their involvement with Agora. Rob is currently serving as one of the editors for the magazine and Alex contributed a written work to the November issue. Agora was founded last year by Sean Healy and Mohamed Raouda in hopes of creating a “market place for ideas” (which is the publication’s slogan as well). Rob also emphasizes that the goal for Agora is to provide a venue for students to voice their opinions in a variety of areas including: current affairs, history, politics, the arts, diversity, and more.
Dean Long and Alex have a more in depth discussion on some of the themes generated in Alex’s article “Content Based Tolerance” featured in the November 2010 issue of Agora. Specifically, Alex and Dean Long discuss what it means to be truly tolerant and how the notion of tolerance has perhaps been misconstrued in contemporary political ideology.
If you are interested in submitting something to Agora or helping out behind the scenes, you can join their student group on Angel (just search for “Agora” in the “Find a Group” section). You can find online copies of past issues of Agora on their new website.
The December 2010 issue of Agora should be available this Friday in a variety of locations across campus, including 101 Sparks and the HUB. Take a look at our LAUS Announcements blog later in the week for more details.
Liberal Arts Voices: Episode 19
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