HOPE....In the Seen and Sober

Some time ago I had written that there is Room for some guarded optimism on US students. After meeting some of my first year students (freshmen) today I feel even more optimistic. These students were asked to read the book "A Hope in the Unseen" over the summer. The students not only read the book but came prepared to discuss it, and contributed their interpretations of the racial and social dynamics at play. Students who come prepared are an instructor's delight.

There is an interesting piece in the Washington Post today-Educators Urge Lower Drinking Age to Cut Bingeing. "Scores of college presidents, including the head of Maryland's public university system and the president of Johns Hopkins University, have an unexpected request for legislators: Please, lower the drinking age."
Alcohol abuse is a real problem on college campuses across the country, and needs everyone to work together.