Category Archives: Biddy Martin

Protest: Martin misstates alumni request, blocks access

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Colin Stewart

In the following letter, six Amherst College alumni tell Cullen Murphy, chair of the college board of trustees, how college President Carolyn Martin has misstated their request for action regarding Prof. Hadley Arkes and has simultaneously endorsed “the free exchange … Continue reading →

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How Amherst College blocks dissenters

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Colin Stewart

In the following email correspondence, Rob Yamins ’72 protests the multiple ways that Amherst College blocks alumni attempts to communicate with the college community and other alumni about their petition asking the college to distance itself from the homophobic views … Continue reading →

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Amherst president misstates alumni petition about Arkes

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Colin Stewart

This is a letter to the editor of Amherst Magazine from Ron Battocchi, ’70. It was rejected for publication on the grounds that it responds to statements by Amherst College President Biddy Martin that did not appear in the magazine. … Continue reading →

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Irony: College says its silence defends free speech

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Colin Stewart

This is a response from John Greenberg ’70 to President Biddy Martin’s blog post in which she rejected the call for Amherst College to disassociate itself from the anti-gay writings of Prof. Hadley Arkes. With All Due Respect, President Martin … Continue reading →

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Letter: How Arkes could destroy LGBT protections

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Colin Stewart

This letter from alumnus Eric Patterson ’70 in response to President Biddy Martin’s blog post of Oct. 1 was published in the Amherst Student on Oct. 30: Several aspects of the continuing discussion of Prof. Hadley Arkes’s published contentions about … Continue reading →

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106 more alumni push back against Arkes’s views

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Colin Stewart

The following letter was sent on Oct. 28, 2013, to Cullen Murphy, chairman of the Amherst College Board of Trustees, and to Biddy Martin, the college president. Dear Cullen Murphy: When we wrote you on September 28, we promised to … Continue reading →

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Q&A with college president on anti-gay professor

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Colin Stewart

In an question-and-answer session on Oct. 19, Amherst College alumnus Rob Yamins ’72 challenged President Biddy Martin’s position on the anti-gay writings of Prof. Hadley Arkes. Yamins noted that several alumni have asked for a public statement from the college … Continue reading →

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Petition to the Amherst College board of trustees

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Colin Stewart

“We request that the Trustees, acting for Amherst College, explicitly dissociate the institution itself from Professor Hadley Arkes’s divisive and destructive views and his intellectual dishonesty.  Further, we request that Professor Arkes be asked either to refrain from citing his association … Continue reading →

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