The Odyssey Writing Workshop has announced that its summer 2021 classes will be held online. The six-week course is normally held at Saint Anselm College in Manchester NH, though the 2020 session was also held online due to COVID concerns. Odyssey director Jeanne Cavelos said,
Odyssey brings together adult students of all ages from across the globe. Many may not have the opportunity to be vaccinated by summer. If one student tests positive, it’s likely that at least a third of the students and possibly all the students would need to be put into isolation for ten days. This would be extremely disruptive for the workshop. Each student would have to remain within a separate apartment, with three meals a day left at the door, attending the class online. Imagine if, two weeks later, another student tests positive and more students need to be put into isolation. Odyssey is an intensive, demanding program, and putting that additional stress on students would make it very difficult for th
Mansfield achievers
College of the Holy Cross
Paulina Martin and Nicole Tiberio, of Mansfield, were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2020 semester at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. Martin is a member of the class of 2021, majoring in history. Tiberio is a member of the class of 2021, majoring in biology. To qualify, students pass four or more letter-graded courses with no failing grades during the semester and earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
Northeastern University
Several Mansfield residents were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2020 semester at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. Students and their majors are Sara Adra, computer science/business administration; Tyler Boulter, environmental science; Andrew Brady, health science; Joshua Cook, behavioral neuroscience; Michael Fitzgibbons, computer science; Adam Grusenmeyer, political science/business administration; Erin Hastings, nursing; Shaan Hossain, computer science; Paxton Howard, mathematics;
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Biden’s economic centrism isn’t exciting, but right for these divisive times
Joe Biden’s middling economic policies are a chance to cut through the bitter polarisation of US politics.
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In an age of hyperpartisan politics, the Biden presidency offers a welcome centrism that might help bridge the divides.
But it is also Biden’s economic centrism that offers a chance to cut through what has become an increasingly polarised approach to economic policy.
On the Republican side of politics, there is strong support for neoliberal economic policies – that is, economic policies that don’t just emphasise the importance of markets but represent a kind of free-market fanaticism. Ronald Reagan aptly expressed this view in his 1981 inaugural speech, in which he said “government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem”.