In a transcript that appeared in Salon Magazine, Noam Chomsky talked about how corporate business models are hurting universities. He spoke about how the increased hiring of adjunct professors and the...

Having a weekly opinion column with the freedom to say practically anything I want is a privilege I sometimes take for granted. I often think about how I’ve landed this spot and what influence, if any,...

Her eyes were hidden behind dark, round aviators. She had on a blue-gray varsity athlete track jacket, and her hair was flowing freely in the wind. Despite her shades and the impossibility of assured eye-contact,...

In May 1971, Marvin Gaye released the concept album “What’s Going On.” The nine songs that comprise the album are sung from the perspective of a Vietnam combat veteran who returns to America only...

Money complicates everything. Always has. But money is the most necessary of all tangible evils. Without at least some of it, a person is doomed to a squalid existence of struggle and dissatisfaction....

Now that classes have picked up and students have assumed routines some good observation can be done. Of the many things I’ve noticed, it’s hard to miss the increased presence of foreign students on...

It feels like November. Not necessarily in temperature or temperament of students, but I feel like I’ve been on campus for three months rather than three weeks. I must admit, I feel old. I see the...

Last year, the primary focus of my column was the importance of community on a college campus. More specifically, I focused on the lack of community at CWRU and why that should change. In my Oct. 4,...