Catalyst

Published by the BUCKNELL CAUCUS FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE

The NEW CATALYST is out. Click here to view the latest issue (November 2005).

To view the Catalyst's response to the conservative attack on Bucknell's curriculum, click here.

BCEJ/PULSE LETTER to Faculty 10-1-2002.htm

Pennsylvania Self-Sufficiency Standard for 2001

Links to Recent Issues (In PDF Format)

THE CATALYST Begins Again

Welcome to The Catalyst. It has a history. Soon after Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980, about half a dozen students and faculty founded the "Bucknell Progressive Caucus," or the BPC. Our activities aimed most essentially at keeping alive a progressive voice on an isolated and rich campus. In the spring of 1981, the Caucus launched a publication we called The Catechist, something that “questions searchingly and fully." In March 1983, we changed its name to The Catalyst, "an agent that provokes change." For the next twelve years, as a collective of 8-10 students and 2-3 faculty members, we published The Catalyst three or four times a year. Though we included the occasional poem or other artistic piece, we mostly stuck to progressive political and economic analysis. We stopped publishing in 1992.

To our great surprise, a different form of The Catalyst popped up in March 1993, involving none of us and with a changed focus. This periodical was dedicated, in its words, to "political, social, and personal liberation . . . to awaken the 'rugged individualism' of the past." Interestingly, the editors called their first issue "Volume 1, Number 1," as if the other publication had not, in fact, existed for over a decade. This reconstituted brand of the journal appeared each semester from Spring 1993 through Spring 1997.

We now come forward with a third incarnation of The Catalyst, this time as the voice of the Bucknell Caucus for Economic Justice, in spirit a direct descendent of the BPC. The BCEJ was started last fall to bring attention to how distant are Bucknell's actual employment practices from its Mission Statement commitment “to engage in institutional programs and practices that exemplify compassion, civility, and a sense of justice.” We decided to label this issue Volume 18, Number 1, to mark the eighteenth year that The Catalyst has been published at Bucknell.

ANY NEWS? If you would like to submit an article about any aspect of economic inequity at Bucknell, or know of such a situation, send us a note (Bucknell Caucus for Economic Justice, Box C-3925). Anonymity will be rigorously protected.

JOIN US? If you’d like to become a part of the BCEJ, send us a note (Bucknell Caucus for Economic Justice, Box C-3925) and we will add your name to our mailing list.

To view the Catalyst's response to the conservative attack on Bucknell's curriculum, click here. BCEJ/PULSE LETTER to Faculty 10-1-2002.htm Pennsylvania Self-Sufficiency Standard for 2001 Links to Recent Issues (In PDF Format) Volume 23, #1 - Nov '05 Volume 22, #2 - May '05 Volume 22, #1 - Feb '05 Volume 21, #3 - Apr '04 Volume 21, #2 - Feb '04 Volume 21, #1 - Nov '03 Volume 20, #2 - Nov '02 Volume 20, #1 - Sep '02 Volume 19, #5 - Apr '02 Volume 19, #4 - Mar '02 Volume 19, #3 - Feb '02 Volume 19, #2 - Nov '01 Volume 19, #1 - Sep '01 Volume 18, #5 - Apr '01 Volume 18, #4 - Feb '01 Volume 18, #3 - Dec '00 Volume 18, #2 - Nov '00 Volume 18, #1- Oct '00	*THE CATALYST* Begins Again Welcome to The Catalyst. It has a history. Soon after Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980, about half a dozen students and faculty founded the "Bucknell Progressive Caucus," or the BPC. Our activities aimed most essentially at keeping alive a progressive voice on an isolated and rich campus. In the spring of 1981, the Caucus launched a publication we called The Catechist, something that “questions searchingly and fully." In March 1983, we changed its name to The Catalyst, "an agent that provokes change." For the next twelve years, as a collective of 8-10 students and 2-3 faculty members, we published The Catalyst three or four times a year. Though we included the occasional poem or other artistic piece, we mostly stuck to progressive political and economic analysis. We stopped publishing in 1992. To our great surprise, a different form of The Catalyst popped up in March 1993, involving none of us and with a changed focus. This periodical was dedicated, in its words, to "political, social, and personal liberation . . . to awaken the 'rugged individualism' of the past." Interestingly, the editors called their first issue "Volume 1, Number 1," as if the other publication had not, in fact, existed for over a decade. This reconstituted brand of the journal appeared each semester from Spring 1993 through Spring 1997. We now come forward with a third incarnation of The Catalyst, this time as the voice of the Bucknell Caucus for Economic Justice, in spirit a direct descendent of the BPC. The BCEJ was started last fall to bring attention to how distant are Bucknell's actual employment practices from its Mission Statement commitment “to engage in institutional programs and practices that exemplify compassion, civility, and a sense of justice.” We decided to label this issue Volume 18, Number 1, to mark the eighteenth year that The Catalyst has been published at Bucknell.


ANY NEWS? If you would like to submit an article about any aspect of economic inequity at Bucknell, or know of such a situation, send us a note (Bucknell Caucus for Economic Justice, Box C-3925). Anonymity will be rigorously protected. JOIN US? If you’d like to become a part of the BCEJ, send us a note (Bucknell Caucus for Economic Justice, Box C-3925) and we will add your name to our mailing list.