The University of Rhode Island is located in Kingston, Rhode Island. I created the following panoramic image on a very cold day on the URI campus. I was standing in the middle of the quad on a slightly raised surface therefore the pano has a bit of an arc. The original image is 16,000 pixels wide. To see a slightly smaller image (3,000 pixels wide), click on the photograph.

These were all taken from inside a car on our way home from the RISD Museum.

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I’ve been collecting links/stories for a couple weeks since the fall term started…

• University of St. Thomas cancels talk by Desmond Tutu because of comments that were critical of how Israel treats Palestinians. However, non-Nobel Peace Prize winner and verbal hate-crime-a-minute spewer Ann Coulter is perfectly acceptable.
• Latinos fought in WW II and the new documentary (in development for over 6 years) called The War, by Ken Burns initially failed to include ANY Latino voices.
• Addressing racism in Iowa’s legal system - “One of the questions I think white Americans have to deal with is, what am I doing to interrupt racism?”

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Tags: Higher Education, oppression, oregon state university, Race, racism, rhode island, Social Justice, white privilege

2006 was an amazing year. Cheers!

It was a chilly day at Rhode Island’s Goddard Memorial State Park. We snapped a few quick pics before heading backing to Warwick.

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