David Gritz


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From Table-Stakes to Stakes in the Future

On Sept. 14, Joe Tarulli, VP of Finance at HBO shared his wisdom with a group of Lehigh students in Rauch. With a crowd of mainly business students, Tarulli embraced questions on finding finance jobs, programming for HBO, and marketing to HBO customers. With a great deal of job seeking, seniors, Tarulli shared his beliefs [...]

Welcome to Bethlehem

THE LEHIGH VALLEY HAS A LOT TO OFFER, IF YOU KNOW THE RIGHT PLACES TO LOOK As a student of Lehigh University, you are now officially a citizen of Bethlehem and more broadly the Lehigh Valley. The Lehigh Valley is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania roughly 15 minutes from New Jersey and two hours from New [...]

Politicizing Haiti

Tuesday, January 12, 2010, tremors rock Haiti, 15 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, the capital city. Shaking with a force of 31.6 megatons or 31 small-nukes, Port-au-Prince crumbled. Buildings once vertical lay shattered across the landscape. Devastation spread as the poorest country in the west lost its entire power grid…

Six Ways Obama Can Solve Unemployment

Corporate advocates and wall street watch dogs all have their own political machines armed and ready for anything in the 2010 “Obama agenda.” With the formation of a Consumer Protection Agency to reform the financial marketplace, the wall street dogs are ready for a heyday. Meanwhile, corporations are doubling their lobbying budgets and moving their operations and conferences to Washington D.C.
With all the employed enlarging their loudspeaker to the ears of lawmakers, there is no voice for the unemployed. While Obama might say his focus will be jobs for 2010, he has no idea how to start. The following list, far detached from the intentions of Obama, is a set of well rounded suggestions.

Die hard, die early – Men

The following link to a Huffington Post article highlights the reasons why men all over the world die earlier than women…

Alumni Insights

Alumni often visit Lehigh to give lectures, speak on panels, or advise students. However, Lehigh students take many of these opportunities for granted…

Editorial Conversations: Sustainability

Lehigh can increase its sustainability and decrease its carbon footprint by abiding two principles of leadership…

The Competitive Disadvantage

s the Dow marked a psychological rebound at 10,000, few analysts were quick to verify this achievement. With an unemployment rate heading for 10% and no clear connection to revenue…

Editorial Conversations: Lehigh’s Alcohol Policy

From the vantage point of the Lehigh administration, minimization of risk and maximization of student experience should be the focus of any policy conversation…

Lehigh Cuts Back

Think back to before your freshman year. You were a senior with a life changing decision to make. Were you going to attend Lehigh or another similar school?

Why You Should Reject Your Next Job Offer

Where is the golden egg, you ask? The secret to success is to be innovative, be original, and be entrepreneurial. Looking back to Forbes 400 List, one can easily see that if you didn’t get a check from a dead man, your probably started a company.

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