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… institution? Does the institution have an institutional voice? And how does it use this institutional voice? Or should it use that institutional at all. Darian: I guess one of the, one of my annoying functions in this podcast is to always try to ask for some clarification. So when we talk about matters of public concern or public issues or public matters, what are we talking about, really? Constance: I think that when you look at some of the broader statements that university have issued, coming … sexism. Darian: It seems pretty clear to me that the university or any university is always a kind of political actor. It's a large employer and universities’ core function is to educate young people, to educate students who will then enter the workforce, who will enter professional life, who will enter civic life, et cetera. On the other hand, universities do research, which has impact in how it is we go about addressing these issues of important public concern or how we issue, how we address … moment, they are not built. They are not set up in order to indeed have this kind of representation or to give our executive boards, the Insight and support it needs in order to take such a stance. No, Darian: certainly not. The, the mechanisms, the checks and balances, the democratic mechanisms that we have are largely their oversight for process, right? And so to ensure as oversight for, for various process and policy or to comment on [00:23:00] policy, the policy largely or entirely, I think, …