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Remarks delivered at the University of Dallas Due Santi Campus, 1/4/09

for Marilyn Walker and the Collegium Cantorum The University of Dallas isn’t really a place, but a spirit. Some want to say the spirit is that of critical inquiry, or that it stems from a vision of the one true Church. The truth might be simpler than that: it could be just wanting to share, …

January 6, 2009 – 10:57 am | By ashok | Posted in christianity, education | Tagged | Comments (0)

Attended a wedding this weekend. In case you were curious about who got married:

For Mignon and Aaron Thurow, with faith, hope, & of course love In the past, Mignon has devoted considerable energy to examining the virtue of hope. Aaron has spoken at length of how our age refuses to believe people can act for a cause, can be motivated by faith more than self-interest. It is our …

August 25, 2008 – 9:30 pm | By ashok | Posted in academia, love, personal | Tagged | Comments (1)

Happiness and Blurriness: A Thought on Collegium in California

What I was up to the last couple of days. 1. Must time fly when you’re having fun? Are good moments identified as being those which move too fast, not giving us any time to react? 2. I had a great time in California with choir. Napa was hills that were golden and green: lots …

August 13, 2008 – 4:18 pm | By ashok | Posted in personal | Tagged | Comments (0)

Going. Back?

Every time I leave campus it feels like nothing will be the same again. – I don’t mean that for the people I know here personally: they know me and I know them, and it will always be the same in a good way. But we’ll always be in touch whether “here” exists or not …

May 18, 2008 – 11:28 pm | By ashok | Posted in education, personal | Tagged | Comments (0)

In Appreciation: Glen Thurow and the Problem of Speech in Democratic Life

We have a habit of paying no attention, much less carefully considering, what another stands for until we cannot take them for granted anymore. Strange how caught up we can be: even remembering the dead is usually an indulgence in our own impressions. It is fitting that we temporarily put this problem aside, given the …

April 7, 2008 – 4:34 am | By ashok | Posted in lincoln, politics | Tagged , | Comments (2)

Reconsidering School

This place might be more alive than I initially suspected. At least, the younger students are in motion and seem very happy. I was in the cafeteria today and a ton of them, all looking cherubic in Sunday dress, came from Mass and bounced off the walls and distracted me while I was writing out …

February 24, 2008 – 3:08 pm | By ashok | Posted in education, personal | Tagged | Comments (3)

School

Taking two classes, sitting in three more. Then there’s choir and the dissertation, and one of the classes is a language class. I’m busy. I like it. Things I’m thinking about: Plato – A distinction between “wisdom” and “war” is key, yet the figure of Athena combines both and is revered. Does Socrates work to …

September 3, 2006 – 4:54 pm | By ashok | Posted in education, personal | Tagged | Comments (1)