Thomas Larque has now discovered that, as is usual in academia, everyone has a
different opinion! Address a query to an academic list, and what you will get is
almost inevitably a variety of opinions. The original question was, would we
support the idea of such a journal, and would we encourage our students to
participate in it. Clearly some of us wouldn't and some of us would. That's the
answer. (The question was not, would we "halt" anyone from doing anything, but
did we think it was a good idea and would we support it.)
I still feel that I will tell my undergrads to read another book, to go to
see a play or a film, to write for the campus paper, to get involved in a
theatrical production, to play a sport, to participate in some level of student
government, in short, to broaden themselves, rather than to spend their time
honing u/g essays. But then, I come from a U. that tenaciously clings to things
like breadth requirements, even for specialist students.
Anne Lancashire
