by Eric Garner | Mar 4, 2016 | Recent News
A few months ago, I took 20 of my University of Tennessee students to New York for a drama course that included, among other things, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton. If you happen to have missed it, run–don’t walk–to your favorite music app and...
by Eric Garner | Mar 4, 2016 | Recent News
The Harvard Gazette has released a series of articles on inequality in America. They describe Harvard University scholars’ efforts across a range of disciplines to identify and understand this nation-defining and dividing concern and possible solutions. The first...
by Eric Garner | Mar 4, 2016 | Recent News
The College Board’s 2014 announcement that there would be a complete overhaul of the SAT sent many people into a tizzy; and the time has finally come for students to meet the new test. With these five tips in mind, you are bound to get the most out of your...
by Eric Garner | Mar 4, 2016 | Recent News
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over– like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? Over...
by Eric Garner | Mar 4, 2016 | Recent News
(3rd of 5 installments) Industrial Revenue Bonds Many of America’s biggest banks were bailed out in 2008 with below-market rate TARP loans from the Federal Reserve. The loans were supposed to thaw the freeze in lending that occurred at the onset of the Great...
