What a Professor Learned as an Undercover Freshman

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. � Why do college students seem allergic to intellectual debate? Why do they all seem to run away the instant class ends? Do they date? And did the dog really eat the homework?

As these judgments masquerading as questions began striking Cathy A. Small, an anthropology professor, she realized that she had heard similar ones as a student 30 years earlier.