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A People on the Precipice?

by Dr. Pamela D. Reed, October 29, 2009

The recent news of the savage gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in Richmond, Calif., broke my heart. Again. I have thought of little else since hearing the gruesome details of the child's ordeal, as others stood by-watching, cheering, filming, or partaking - for over two and ½ hours. For the

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Professor, Academic Adviser, Personal Counselor

by Dr. Murali Balaji, October 28, 2009

One of the biggest challenges I've faced since coming to Lincoln has been the added task of advising students. Many large universities have full-time advisers available within departments while others have advisers who stick with a student for the duration of their college careers. Not so at Lincoln,

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Perfectionism: Just Stop It!

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, October 27, 2009

  The best piece of advice received in my academic career thus far was given to me by Dr. Wayne Urban, an historian and professor at the University of Alabama. During my first year as a faculty member, I walked into his office and asked, “Wayne, how do

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Cultivating Cultural Curiosity

by Dr. Murali Balaji, October 23, 2009

I took Monday off to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. This was the first time in my teaching career that there wasn't a campus community that observed Diwali, which has different meanings for followers of Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism. Diwali is celebrated according to the lunar

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The House Rules

by Dr. Pamela D. Reed, October 21, 2009

Morehouse College has laid down the law.  And not a moment too soon... As has been widely reported in many of the major national news outlets, the storied all-male private college, known as “Harvard of the South,” has issued a sweeping dress code for all of its 2,700 students.  In case

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