College leaders spend a lot of time talking about the need for diversity on campus. They want to make sure that different races, ethnicities, religions, and sexual orientations are represented. To some extent, this makes sense: Colleges are supposed to expose students to a variety of perspectives. It helps to have students surrounded by people from different backgrounds.
Yet college administrators ought to remember that it's different ideas — not just skin colors, languages and genders — that are most important. Sadly, the need for intellectual diversity is often entirely overlooked. And while this is true for universities generally, it's particularly true when it comes to women's issues and campus Women's Studies departments.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Clarence Thomas stunned lawyers, reporters and others at the Supreme Court on Monday when he posed questions during an oral argument for the first time in 10 years.
It was the second week the court has heard arguments since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Thomas' friend and fellow conservative. Thomas for years sat directly to Scalia's right. Scalia's chair is now draped in black in a tribute to his death on Feb. 13.
