Muleskinner

It feels strange to sum up four years of college experience in a few words, but if I had to use one to describe it all, it would be this: Hard. It was hard moving away from home to leave my family for a new place and new people I knew nothing about. It was hard to begin a life on my own, with no parents to control my actions.… 5 Comments

Order another bag of peanuts, pass the cotton candy and get used to the smell of sawdust, because the circus tour has been extended. Yes, my friends, welcome to the primary that will not die. You'd think that after six thrill-filled weeks of hosting this sideshow competition of rival ringmasters outdoing each other in the Like A Normal Human Animal Act, the State of Pennsylvania would selflessly provide the rest of the country with a semblance of closure by permanently pulling up the stakes of this traveling Big Top.… Post the First Comment

After a short-lived recovery in 2006-07, faculty salaries are lagging behind inflation again this year. Yet the salaries paid to head football coaches, presidents and other top administrators do not seem to reflect an economic downturn. Over the past three decades, the ranks of contingent faculty, nonfaculty professionals and administrators have swelled while the number of tenured and tenure-track faculty stagnated.… Post the First Comment

It just doesn't seem fair that you '08 grads have to bear the winds of a bad economy fresh off a handful of painstakingly educational years. You've clocked your time, now you're ready to hit the market, setting off to start your own legacy of greatness. But, like that highly-acclaimed clever UCM ad-campaign states, Mules' are a confident breed.… Post the First Comment