tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post6439329944866549006..comments2024-03-28T09:52:15.415-04:00Comments on Common Denominator: 1997 - The Year I Came to Indiana WesleyanKen Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-75667978552833063462019-08-03T13:34:09.360-04:002019-08-03T13:34:09.360-04:00I’m sort of curious as to how your view of the aca...I’m sort of curious as to how your view of the academic stature of IWU has changed over the years. You didn’t attend there because you didn’t think much of it academically. I’m assuming your views have changed some. Why and how? I’m hoping to read some of that in coming episodes��Jeremy S. Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718524262470680468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-23611609905012164222019-08-02T10:10:21.462-04:002019-08-02T10:10:21.462-04:00These little snippets of information make you intr...These little snippets of information make you intrigued, and wanting more. Thanks for this brief account of some or your own history as well as sharing with us insights into the larger narrative of hot button social issues and what have become perhaps thorny theological issues--or maybe we are past some of that now. I'm too far removed from the academic community and environment to know. I resonate with one thing you said: I have a mild learning disability and don't ever think fast on my feet. <br /><br />As an aside, I called my favorite professor ever at MVNU; it's possible you might know him, and he told me (this was weeks back) that his position was eliminated due to budget constraints, and there will no longer be any philosophy classes taught there. I was surprised, and told him I thought we needed the pursuit of philosophy more today than ever. Shortly after I got a mailer asking me to donate to help build an athletic building, or field. I have come to nearly hate sports, since they are taking people out of church more and more these days. I never got past introductory level classes; I think I liked him more than I actually liked studying philosophy. I wish you the best at Houghton. I don't know much about the place, but have had a grad from there working for me, beginning around 2003. The school has a very interesting history, though as usual I have heard only the famous anecdotes, such as using local river rock for buildings, and the joke about being 30 miles from the nearest sin. <br />John Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060404930391236792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-65323261188705074082019-08-02T08:46:51.559-04:002019-08-02T08:46:51.559-04:00Interesting, and amazing, history.Interesting, and amazing, history.Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.com