About the title: There is absolutely no reason for that title, I just thought it was cute and clever :-)
Where to start? So we found out that our speaker Dr. Winkle acutally applied for a position at Amherst and was competing against the infamous Sarat, talk about a small world. Come to think of it, Ole Miss is like an Amherst... (couldn't come up with anything clever to call it, I guess I used all my wit on the title) But I'm pretty sure we can have a reunion here and at least 30 people will show up. But I digress.
I honestly wish I had something to say about the content of Dr. Winkle's talk but I don't. :-( However, I do have a lot to say about his demeanor. From what I've seen, Dr. Winkle is the sweetest professor we've met at Ole Miss. He doesn't shout or get loud and despite this calm way about him, you can still feel the intensity of the passion in his voice when he spoke about the Civil Rights cases.
Before the talk, countless people told us that Dr. Winkle is their favorite professor and they love him. I can see why. He spoke to us about the cases surrounding "separate but equal." He pointed to things none of us had ever considered and explained them so simply and with such great detail that I couldn't take my eyes and ears off him (it sounds really weird but he's just that good). I don't even go to Ole Miss but I feel like I'd be welcome to just go to his office hours and Jones with him if I wanted to. (Jones means talk casually for all those people a little up there in age *cough cough, that means you Ben*)
I don't know what was going on all those years ago but Amherst College missed a good one.
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