Somebody out there really likes Kalamazoo, Michigan and Western Michigan University. Six years ago anonymous donors started Kalamazoo Promise, which covers tuition costs at state colleges and universities for graduates of Kalamazoo public high schools. Now anonymous donors have given $100 million to Western Michigan University, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to establish a medical school. Officials [...]
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Anonymous Virtue
Posted in America, College, tagged America, Anonymous Donors, Charitable Contributions, College, Kalamazoo, Western Michigan University on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Embarrassment In Evanston
Posted in America, College, tagged Academic Freedom, America, College, Human Sexuality, Intellectual Curiosity, Northwestern, Northwestern University on March 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Northwestern University is dealing with an embarrassing story that is, I think, symptomatic of some deeper problems with higher education in America. The story has to do with a popular class called Human Sexuality that is taught by a psychology professor. The class often offers optional after-class events, such as presentations by panels of convicted [...]
Writing The Last College Tuition Check
Posted in College, Family, Humor, tagged College, College graduation, College Tuition, Family, Humor, Life, Parenting, Reflections on February 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this month Kish and I wrote our last college tuition check. It is one of those milestones that you don’t fully appreciate until you have reached it — and then you realize that it means a lot, and in unexpected ways. Of course, college graduation is an achievement for the student, the culmination of [...]
Roger Waters And The Wall
Posted in College, Music, tagged Animals, Dark Side Of The Moon, Music, Pink Floyd, Rock concerts, Roger Waters, the Beatles, The Wall, White Album, Wish You Were Here on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday Richard and I, and a bunch of other people, are going to see Roger Waters perform The Wall. According to the tour website, the show will feature Waters, backed by a full band, performing The Wall from start to finish. Added to the mix will be an enormous wall, state-of-the-art video projections, a [...]
Reassessing Silent Cal
Posted in America, College, Politics, tagged America, American History, American Presidents, Calvin Coolidge, College, Ohio State, Politics, President Coolidge on October 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite classes at Ohio State was an American history class that examined the first half of the 20th century. The teacher was excellent and enjoyed using anecdotes to illustrate the characters of historical figures. For President Calvin Coolidge — nicknamed “Silent Cal” — he related a story about a talkative woman who [...]
Protecting Helpless Citizens From The Scourge Of Porch Couches
Posted in America, College, Humor, sports, tagged America, Ann Arbor, College, Government Regulation, Humor, porch couches, sports, University of Michigan on October 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Breaking news: the Ann Arbor, Michigan City Council has finally — finally! — acted to ban porch couches. Thank God! Resolute action on this crucial issue is long overdue. For years, Americans in countless college towns have had to live with the threat of beer-soaked couches serving as the breeding grounds for new forms of [...]
Thirty Years, Old Friends, Elvis, And “The Train,” Too
Posted in College, Family, Music, Music videos, tagged Annie Kraus, Ben Kraus, College, Family, Ken Kraus, Live Music, LuAnn Kraus, Music, Music videos, Wayne Hancock on September 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kish and I were happy to join in last night’s celebration of the 30th wedding anniversary of our friends Ken and LuAnn. And what a celebration it was! Friends like Scott, Pat, and Theiser came in from all over. LuAnn ironed her normally kinky hair to glass-like flatness. Ken wore his baggy green Vegas jacket. [...]
The Northport Promise
Posted in America, College, tagged America, College, Northport Michigan, Northport Promise, Public Schools on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kish and I have spent some time in Northport, Michigan on our vacation, and you can’t go into a local business without seeing a collection receptacle and a sign for the “Northport Promise.” It turns out that the Northport Promise is a tuition assistance program for students of local schools, to help them attend Michigan [...]
Reflections On “JournoList” And Journalism
Posted in America, College, tagged America, College, Journalism, Journalism Schools, JournoList, Ohio State University School of Journalism, Reporting on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been saddened by the recent stories about the JournoList on-line listserv, which allowed a number of prominent reporters and writers to share information and viewpoints. Although JournoList was intended to be a private listserv, some of the exchanges have been leaked to the press. One led to the resignation of a Washington Post blogger [...]
Robin Hood Cream Ale And Other Cheap Beers Of the ’70s
Posted in College, tagged Beer, Billy Beer, Blatz, Burger Beer, Cheap Beer, College, Ho Hos, Hostess Bakery, Robin Hood, Robin Hood Cream Ale, Star Trek, The Ohio State University, Twinkies on July 20, 2010 | 7 Comments »
My post on summer cider, and particularly the picture of Errol Flynn in iconic Robin Hood garb, inevitably reminded me of Robin Hood Cream Ale. The corner grocery store about a block and a half from my college apartment at 101 West 8th Avenue in Columbus specialized in cheap beer. How surprising in a campus [...]
A Bit More On Nebraska
Posted in College, sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten expansion, Big Ten football, Nebraska, Nebraska football, University of Nebraska on June 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The University of Nebraska – Lincoln, the newest member of the Big Ten conference, fits very comfortably among the ranks of Big Ten schools. Nebraska is a land grant university that was chartered in 1869 and is a member of the Association of American Universities. In the fall semester of the 2009-10 school year, Nebraska [...]
(Sorority) Girls Gone Wild
Posted in College, Humor, Ohio, tagged Animal House, College, College Drinking, Fraternities, Humor, Miami University, Miami University Sororities, Ohio, Sororities, Sorority Girls Gone Wild on June 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
There has been an odd series of stories recently about sorority women at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio behaving in very inappropriate ways. In two separate incidents, sororities were suspended for underage drinking, vomiting, littering, and damaging an Ohio lodge and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati. The gross behavior included a partygoer [...]
Breaking In The New Ohio Union
Posted in College, Columbus, tagged College, Columbus, Glee, Ohio State, Ohio Union, The Ohio State University on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ohio State recently tore down the Ohio Union that existed when I attended the school in ’70s and built a brand new, high tech replacement. I haven’t been there, but Richard has and says its very nicely done — even if the scarlet and gray decor might be a bit overdone. Earlier this week marked [...]
Tin Soldiers
Posted in America, College, Ohio, tagged College, Kent State Shootings, Ohio, The Ohio State Lantern on May 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Forty years ago today, Ohio National Guardmen fired on student protesters on the campus of Kent State University. It was a massacre. Four students were killed and nine were injured. Looking back on that appalling day with the perspective that comes from the passing decades, it is almost impossible to believe that the shootings occurred. [...]
Something Similar To . . . Alan Parsons Project (Cont.)
Posted in College, Music, tagged Abbey Road, Alan Parsons Project, All-Nighters, College, Dark Side Of The Moon, Eldorado, Electric Light Orchestra, I Robot, Music, Pink Floyd, the Beatles, The Moody Blues, This Is The Moody Blues, Wish You Were Here, Yes, Yessongs on April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Russell was right. I did get a big kick out of his unexpected, early morning post about I Robot, and not just because I like to see postings on the family blog. I think I Robot is a classic album, and Russell’s tale of listening to that album at the close of an college all-nighter [...]
