Long ago there were, I was in the class of ’84 majoring in Poli Sci and we had two moderate/conservative professors (Thum and Hodgkin) and two liberal (Gyi and Corlett). Frankly I found Bill Corlett to be the best professor because even though liberal (very), he was intellectually honest and very objective in his grading. He was also very open to being challenged and never denigrated those who disagreed with him (unlike Gyi and various members of the History department at the time).

Professor Hill’s comment that “emphasizing qualifications like fighter pilot” reinforces the idea that politics is “men’s business” is so wrong. How do we encourage people to be what they want to be when we have people of influence discouraging and criticizing women by somehow inferring and belittling women’s achievements as “male?” I thought educated and open-minded people (women) applaud accomplishments of women. Professor Hill’s thoughts are antiquated and sexist