One of the biggest things to hit Lincoln, Nebraska — while I was growing up — was the hit movie “Terms of Endearment.” That movie was shot in and around and under Lincoln and the local university, and many of its citizens, were the stars of the show.
Continue reading → Terms of Endearment: Driving Martin Jurow
Jamie Mussack was a friend of mine. He was older than me, and we attended the same high school and college. Jamie was a great singer, a fine actor and an award winning drummer.
Continue reading → The Irrevocable End of Jamison Paul Mussack
Are we able to stand up and dance for joy yet that primate DNA might eradicate illness while inoperable cancer might be a thing of the past?
Continue reading → Primate DNA and the End of Inoperable Cancer
When I was a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, my English Major adviser was the great Don Gregory.
In a strange move that I unfortunately recognize, but will never condone, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln played a coward’s hand by going back on their word and canceling a speech by William Ayers.
I read something online the other day from someone proclaiming Rice University: “The Harvard of the South.”
That’s funny, I said to myself, because I always thought Duke University was supposed to be the “Harvard of the South.”
Continue reading → Harvard is the Urban Semiotic of Universities
In a recent article I wrote — Arguing Against Corridor Teaching — I made the case that students must be required to think universally and not in narrow niches of comfort. Today, I challenge universities to honor that teaching code by requiring intimate learning opportunities in all circumstances they control. You create that kind of careful environment using small class sizes and not
giant auditoriums.
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