Cook with a Chef, the Real History of Bridgerton, and a Talk with Ethan Hawke: Things to Do in DC, February 18-21
Plus: Debriefing the Serena-Naomi match.
Toni Morrison would have been 90 today.
Here’s what you should check out this weekend:
Big news in the universe: Remember when we talked about exploring life on Mars? Space nerds can watch the NASA livestream of Perseverance, the roving robot, landing on the red planet today. Learn about why this is a dangerous Mars landing and read up on what to know before you watch with this explainer from Smithsonian magazine. Thursday 2/18 at 2:15 PM; Free, watch it here.
College housing staff push for vaccination access
Lauren Lumpkin, The Washington Post
Feb. 14, 2021
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1of3Signs plastered on Elkton Hall on the University of Maryland campus last year remind students and families to wear face coverings and practice social distancing.Washington Post photo by Lauren LumpkinShow MoreShow Less
2of3Catholic University student Elizabeth Ulicny, left, moves into a campus residence hall in August. She is assisted by her sister Olivia.Washington Post photo by Marvin JosephShow MoreShow Less
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As colleges allow more students to live on campuses again, staff who keep dorms running say their jobs carry more responsibilities - and new risks.
Resident assistants, campus housing staffers push for access to coronavirus vaccines Lauren Lumpkin As colleges allow more students to live on campuses again, staffers who keep dorms running say their jobs carry more responsibilities and new risks. In addition to hosting virtual floor events and mediating conflicts, resident assistants, community directors and other residential staff members say they’re counseling students thinking about suicide or struggling with homesickness. In many cases, they’re also enforcing mask-wearing and social distancing and escorting their sick peers to isolation housing. While schools have made some modifications assigning students to single bedrooms, requiring negative coronavirus tests before move-in and issuing masks and other protective gear to staff members some campus housing staff members are pushing to make sure they’re vaccinated alongside other essential workers.
A great debate about the classics took place in American higher education in the 19th century. The debate was about the dominant role of the classics (then), to the exclusion of most other fields. Eric Adler, associate professor of classics at the University of Maryland at College Park, analyzes that debate to look at the humanities today in
The Battle of the Classics: How a 19th-Century Debate Can Save the Humanities Today (Oxford University Press). He argues that learning the right lessons about the debate (and no, that s not just to read the Latin and Greek classics) can inform today s debates about the humanities and lead to a more global sense of the humanities.
UMass Issues Stay-at-Home Order for 2 Weeks Feb. 8, 6:24 a.m. The University of Massachusetts at Amherst ordered all students to "self-sequester" for two weeks. "Self-sequestration means that students must stay in their residences, both on and off campus, except to get meals, undergo twice-weekly COVID testing, or to attend medical appointments. In addition, to minimize