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Author Topic: QUOI?! Entire French Program ‘Deactivated’ at SUNY Albany  (Read 38922 times)
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« Reply #285 on: December 01, 2010, 10:59:05 PM »

SUNY humanities programs get axed, and regular CHE columnist cheers.
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« Reply #286 on: December 02, 2010, 11:47:03 AM »

Is this the one they're calling a nincompoop on that other thread?

Hmmm....
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« Reply #287 on: December 02, 2010, 02:17:51 PM »

Olson's article seems very reasonable to me.
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« Reply #288 on: December 02, 2010, 09:14:03 PM »

I think it is time to just hold a good wake.
The fight is over.
The love of the trivium on college campuses is a thing of the past.
Of course, the love of all things linguistic will be found elsewhere.
Les Belles Lettres are dead! Long live the Belles Lettres!
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« Reply #289 on: December 03, 2010, 03:31:24 AM »

so, is there a linguistic connection between trivium and trivia? This could be important - I hear Trivial Pursuit is still popular.
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« Reply #290 on: December 03, 2010, 11:26:22 AM »

Yes, it means "three paths".  Quadrivium is "four paths" -- via you'll recognize in both words.  A trivium in classical Latin meant a crossroads and hence public square where you would stop to gossip, i.e. exchange trivia.  "Trivial", meaning common or everyday, influenced the modern meaning, but apparently it comes from "trivium", since those were the artes you'd use on a daily basis.
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« Reply #291 on: December 03, 2010, 02:04:58 PM »

..."trivium", since those were the artes you'd use on a daily basis.

Hence the importance of the movers and shakers of the world to have a basis in the trivium.
It isn't supposed to be all superfluous, elitist, finery.

Le Sigh.
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