Rob Schaap on Foucault

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
>>For better or worse, France has fostered the idea of politically 
>>committed public intellectuals, from Zola to Sartre to Foucault to 
>>beyond.  In contrast, we have soundbites from experts in think 
>>tanks.
>
>"We"? You feeling increasingly like an American, Yoshie?
>
>Doug

Not really -- I meant "we" as in residents of the United States.

I mentioned this offlist, but I forgot to bring my 1-20 (a document 
that an international student needs to carry while travelling outside 
the States) with me when I left for Japan in late April.  The 
Immigration at O'Hare let me back in, but only with a temporary 
permission to stay here for 30 days.  I had OSU issue a new I-20 & 
send it to INS ASAP, but INS hasn't sent it back to me yet.  INS is 
understaffed, probably with a huge backlog of papers to be processed. 
An international student advisor at OSU told me that I'd get it back 
in about six weeks.  I sure hope so!

Yoshie