Author Archives: Richard Guzman

Remembering London – Part 6: An Early Epilogue

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Richard Guzman

I returned to the United States in mid-December 2000 after a semester teaching abroad.  I left a cold, drizzling London to land in ice-bound, 10-below-zero Chicago.  Linda and I had planned to go straight to Brookfield Zoo to catch its … Continue reading →

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C.O.R.E. or C.O.D.E.?

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Richard Guzman

Below are links to several documents charting the progress of an initiative to make race more central to my college.  We have a list of Goals, the outlines of a new Academic Minor, and some examples of Messaging. About a year … Continue reading →

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Kevin Andrew Prchal: New Songs with Deep, Old Echoes

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Richard Guzman

Some song writers have a knack for writing songs both clearly contemporary but also really old.  Their sound is new but anchored so deeply in some ancient American memory, it seems the songs could have existed 200 years ago.  Think of The … Continue reading →

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