I attended two different Uni's as well and it was clear to me on day one of each which professors were spouting "received wisdom" and which wanted to engage. Remind me someday to tell you about the "history of conquest in the new world" class with the avowedly Marxist prof. Great class but don't cross the prof vibe. On the upside there was Tequila at the end of class party. -XC
Oh, like many prof's the root of all evil was white european men. Arguable when you're talking about the conquest of the new world one can draw that as a conclusion. Anyway, this guy was a throwback hard drinking heavy smoking tenured prof in his early 40's who was busily working his way through the female graduate student body. It was a neat class - he was a dynamic speaker, really knew the history, and didn't mind if you didn't agree wiht his interpretation as long as you were cogent. I didn't mind his rank communism. I heard later he married a gal whose family had been early Wal*Mart investors. Irony is tasty as a main dish. -XC