One of the biggest issues currently facing college campuses across the nation is the recruitment and integration of a diverse student body, faculty and staff.
The disastrous evacuation preparation, unnecessarily high death toll and utterly ineffective government reaction to Hurricane Katrina seems long passed, but the recent wildfires in California bring natural disaster once again to the forefront of America's mind.
With several cities near my home proposing the construction of ethanol plants, Ive always been acutely aware of the prospect of producing and using fuels made from renewable resources.
Owen and I had just finished our usual hour-long meeting in the Rand study room, our calculators open and my notes still sprawled vulnerably across the table - completely incognizant to what he was about to say.
