Classics, Education, Well-Rounded
Christina Ying ’89
When I think about the Core, these three words come to mind...
Core Stories
Christianity, Islam and Judaism share a common root
Michael Sin ’05
Something I learned in the Core was...
Challenging; Critical-Thinking
Alan Freeman ’93
When I think about the Core, these three words come to mind...
CC . . . because I loved reading the Bible as a piece of literature (rather than a piece of religion)
John Rodin ’97
My favorite work in the Core is...
Back of the envelope thinking.
Andrew West ’13
Something I learned in the Core was...
Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics and Politics. Together, they prompted me to question some of the assumptions I held...
Kavya Tewari ’20
My favorite work in the Core is...
an appreciation for art from Art Hum
Christina Ying ’89
Something I learned in the Core was...
A new lens to appreciate music and a brief exposure to the progression of Western musical tradition
Carl Yin ’17
Something I learned in the Core was...
To question everything!
Genevieve Thornton ’02
Something I learned in the Core was...
Maddy ’22
The Core thinker/ who affected me most was…
Plato, because he made me rethink my place in the universe.
Victor Mendelson ’89
The most exciting parts of the Core were...
You won't get Sappho
until she is read to you
in the ancient Greek
John Vincenti ’90
My Core Haiku is...
My first opera
What an unexpected gift
A lifetime passion
Lisa Carnoy ’89
My Core Haiku is...
only two pages
of compare versus contrast
red ink fills my mind
J. Stuart Machir ’02
My Core Haiku is...
Aristophanes
Old churches and Mill and Freud
Alban Berg -- sunrise
Arthur Gold ’77
My Core Haiku is...
Reading and thinking
The Core united us all
Agree disagree
Stephanie J. Geosits ’94
My Core Haiku is...
Wrote ten page paper
About Iliad's first page.
Teacher read neither.
Stu Dearnley ’01
My Core Haiku is...
Homer and Shakespeare.
Took Lit Hum with Peter Awn.
Forever grateful.
Mark A. Momijian ’83
My Core Haiku is...