Muckraking Era Seen As Press Ideal and Warning
Salisbury recalls the early muckraking era led by Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair and Lincoln Steffens as journalism fulfilling government watchdog duties. He laments its end, notes Nixon era shifts, praises Watergate reporting, and urges persistent skeptical press scrutiny of government.
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Salisbury
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Lincoln Steffens
America
Nixon
Pentagon
Kennedy
Johnson
Times
Washington Post
Washington
Experimental College 4 project profiles in welfare legal aid
Interviewed EC 1.2 participants reveal community law office work, para legal roles, and client interviews. Nancy Brockelhurst Barnard 1976 describes assisting with paperwork and public assistance, while Martha Torres details housing letters and translation tasks with Spanish speaking clients. Ruth Susser Barnard 1976 pursues a Barnard dance project under Linda Lerner.
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Experimental College 4
Nancy
Martha Torres
Welfare Department
Martha
Peter Juviter
Political Science
Hester
Experimental College
EC House
Ruth Susser
Barnard
Linda Lerner
Barnard Mourns Dr. Ed King Leader in Chemistry Community
Barnard College honors Dr. Ed King a pioneering chemist and devoted department chair who balanced research teaching and service. He chaired multiple committees mentored students led Experimental College projects and collaborated with his wife Grace Wentworth King on significant England research before his death.
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Segal
Dr. King
Barnard
King
Peterson
Columbia
Ellen
Darius Klynes
Darius
Grace Wentworth King
England
George Eliot
Australia
Columbia Orchestra
Ritchie
LeRoy C. Breunig
Ed King
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Ellen Woodman
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Donald Ritchie
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