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Columbia professors are overwhelmingly [leftist] � that should come as no surprise to any student. Although the business school, economics department, and political science department have a [non-leftist] presence, [non-leftist] professors are noticeably absent from history, philosophy, and the rest of the humanities departments. This lack of contrarian voices is harming Columbia�s ability to produce fully educated liberal arts students .. In all other areas of campus life, students do not hesitate to call for diversity. There is no reason why these same arguments should not apply to [non-leftist] professors in the humanities. We are not calling for intellectual tokenism .. We are merely acknowledging the fact that a campus where Eric Foner and other leftist luminaries of the faculty could have a stimulating, challenging debate with a worthy [non-leftist] opponent would be a more exciting, intellectually fulfilling institution .. left-wing students would be forced to develop their arguments further and not rely on consensus as an intellectual crutch .. it should be self-evident that a faculty that speaks with unanimity on some of the most divisive issues of the day is not fulfilling its duty ..