Back at Wellesley that fall, Ms. Rodham immersed herself in campus matters.
"We're told that we are a community, that everyone on campus matters, but that's really not what we see now," said Isabel Juarez, a junior who participated in a fast to demand that Dr. Oxtoby meet with workers in November.
Today proximity to a university campus matters a lot.
Though I have repeatedly asked the company to return to this city, I doubt that my requests and constant jokes concerning mud, a certain tent, and an awkward visit to Microsoft's campus mattered either.
It was an off-campus matter.
It is simply unacceptable for schools to stand on the sidelines and declare cyberbullying incidents an off-campus matter.
"These are the places on campus that matter to schools the most".
So doubt lurks: how much does a college education — the actual teaching and learning that happens on campus — really matter?
"While we understand that you may not be intentionally violating university policy, we do need to advise you that, should we receive any reports that you are, in fact, distributing condoms on campus, the matter would be referred to the student conduct office for disciplinary action by the university," the letter said.
While there are significant exceptions, the current generation of Greeks has not been able to lay out a compelling case for their continued presence on campus no matter how historically imbedded they are in a college or university culture.
Williamson, the organization's first president, announced its mission in a letter to the Wellesley News: "To represent the Negro students on campus in matters which concern and interest us".
