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Robben Island
I struggle to find the words to describe Robben Island. If it doesn’t sound familiar, Robben Island is in Table Bay, a few miles off Cape Town, South Africa. It has a centuries-long history as a penal colony, and from the mid-1840s to the 1930s it also housed what was known as a leper colony.
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Why?
Today is Armistice Day. At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the Great War ceased. A war that had no real reason to start, a war that consumed an entire generation of young men, that killed millions of civilians as well as members of the military, a war
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ACC Values: Yes
Under the leadership of our new Chancellor, ACC’s students participated in guided discussions about the sort of college that they need us to be. Their discussions led to four values that are now guiding (and will continue to guide) our work: Courage, Compassion, Joy, and Yes. This is the fourth and last in a series
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ACC Values: Joy
Under the leadership of our new Chancellor, ACC’s students participated in guided discussions about the sort of college that they need us to be. As you know, their discussions led to four values that are now guiding (and will continue to guide) our work: Courage, Compassion, Joy, and Yes. This is the third in a