Saving Social Security: varying methods to improve funding
In my last column, I told you that Social Security is at the cliff’s edge of financial disaster. How big a disaster? Big [...]
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Seton Hill students and faculty welcome new study abroad programs
As the study abroad program at Seton Hill University (SHU) has grown in recent years, students have visited London, France, Mexico, Poland, Italy, [...]
Social Security: wouldn’t you like to keep it around?
Take a look at the last paycheck you received and note how much was taken out for Social Security. Now multiply it by [...]
Librarian featured on Jeopardy
Recently ranked by TV Guide as number two among the 50 greatest game shows of all time, Jeopardy! has been a staple of [...]
This one’s for the girls: Straight talk about sexism
Recently I was compelled to read and discuss for class an article (from a textbook billing itself as The Best American Magazine Writing, [...]
Candidates race for presidential nominations
If you haven’t been paying attention to the races for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations, you ought to, because it’s the first [...]
Political Commentary: A progress report for those who may have missed it
In case you missed it, this month, the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Cavalry division of the U.S. Army came home from Iraq. [...]
Iranian president sparks ethical questions
Seton Hill University (SHU) welcomes several speakers each year to campus. Later this month we’ll play host to the writer Richard Rodriguez. While [...]
Sister of Charity honored for work in Holocaust education
In the tradition of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hill University (SHU) has consistently been a leader in social justice. This summer, one [...]
Work less, make more: a confusing message?
Last semester, work-study students at Seton Hill University (SHU) returned from Christmas break to find that something terribly exciting had happened to our [...]