Rachel Ashley ’13 I laugh when I remember the hours I spent with Dr. D and James Cassel preparing for Harvard National Model United Nations together. I laugh when I think about the night James and I wore the same blue shirt Dr. D wore every single day. To be honest, the only reason you [...]
Dear Tartan Staff & Editor, I am writing to salute the diversity of perspectives reported in the recent article, “Lindsay hands out Cash in Stewardship Challenge”. Too often I see news media becoming vehicles of public relations and silencing those who express criticism of a cherished view or institution. I see the goal of the [...]
Dear Editor, As the 2011-2012 academic year comes to a close, I’d like to thank publically the editors, advisor Jay Lindsay, and all The Tartan staff members who have worked diligently to make the newspaper a relevant and important tool for building community across campus this past year. The Tartan’s ‘resurrection’ into print this year [...]
By Paul D Craney ’04 As a Gordon alumni and one that has been working in politics for a number of years, I like to think I know the profession well. As a way of background, I have worked for elected officials, campaigns, political action committees, non-profits and partisan committees. I have worked in politics [...]
March 19 marks the start of a process that will certainly lead Gordon towards a path of intellectual enrichment, spiritual introspection and institutional triumph. When Senator Kerry took the stage most students and faculty sat with bated breath, wondering how a liberal catholic democrat senator would address a community mostly made up of conservative republicans. [...]
By Hannah Scaer ’15 I was alarmed to hear that Sen. John Kerry is giving a lecture entitled “On Faith” March 19. John Kerry believes that politics should be divorced from faith, stating, “I fully intend to continue to practice my religion as separately from what I do with respect to my public life, and [...]
In the last edition of “The Tartan” [What’s Happening Inside GCSA] there was mention of a decision made by the GCSA reps behind closed doors. The unethical nature of this decision, along with Hallenbeck’s reprimand that followed it, were recorded for the public eye in the Tartan article with heavy emphasis. Any decision made by [...]
Greetings Katie and others on the Tartan staff, An overdue thank-you for balancing the Tartan coverage (9/9/11) to include news about Libya, the interfaith dialogue with Muslims, and Pura Vida in Costa Rica. I teach most of the “Global Christianity” courses so I’m always encouraged when people stretch their minds to learn about global issues and the [...]