But government bureaucrats love grand plans and sweeping claims because they are useful in taking authority and satisfying their natural desire for power and control. Forget economic schools, she concludes. We are on our own.
Finding Truth at Lehigh
During my time at Lehigh, I have never shied away from an argument; I have never been afraid to give my opinion. More importantly, though, I have never been afraid to listen to someone else’s opinion. While most of my opinions have not changed completely, many of them have been shifted, shaped, and molded and many others lost some of the dogmatic edge that they had when I arrived at Lehigh.
A Great Day in Deathlehem
When many people gather to live together in close proximity, it is inevitable that there will be crime. Such holds true for the Lehigh Valley, where the most urban areas have a pressing problem with a rise in gang activity and the violent crime that is coupled with it…
Opening the Dialogue on Race
In recent years, diversity has been a high-priority issue for President Gast and Lehigh’s administration. The issue took center stage with the well-publicized incidents and subsequent town hall meeting last semester. A theme at that town hall meeting, and the subsequent Council for Equity and Community (CEC) meetings, was the role that Greek Life played in thwarting the construction of a diverse and accepting campus…
Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite
I am not an operator inside the administration. Frank Roth, Lehigh’s general counsel, probably wakes up to copies of my emails, under some privacy-invasion clause of which the school failed to inform me, thanks in part to some of the efforts that I’ve stood behind in my time here. They [the administration] don’t care for [...]
Generation Cry Baby
The art of complaining is developed in humans from a very young age. Over the years, it seems that our generation has attained markedly improved skills in this area compared to our predecessors. While most of our parents’ generation couldn’t whine and talk back without getting smacked, our generation was mostly able to avoid such a tragic fate.
Socialist Students
The long-term repercussions of Obama’s economic policies are leading us down the road of socialism, which is especially bad news for those of us preparing to enter the workforce.
The War on What?
If the current economic crisis leaves behind a substantial legacy, it will be embodied in lost educations. These educations will primarily be lost to minority and low-income students now that many colleges, including Lehigh, are quietly eliminating the practice of “need-blind” admissions…