For more than a generation now, the promotional literature for American universities has painted a picture of diversity that rarely corresponds to actual diversity on campus. Pick up any brochure for any U.S. university, and its glossy photos will show a vivacious mix of white, black, Hispanic and Asian students smiling arm-in-arm on the quad.…
A Kansas-based travel writer on our obsession with souvenirs. Interview by Gina Kaufmann Rolf Potts, travel writer and author of Souvenir A miniature Eiffel Tower, a plastic snowglobe that encases the White House, a seashell from the beach … we don’t give much thought to souvenirs. A travel writer, who just wrote a book about souvenirs,…
By David M. Gross and Sophfronia Scott [2018 companion podcast interview with Sophfronia Scott online here.] They have trouble making decisions. They would rather hike in the Himalayas than climb a corporate ladder. They have few heroes, no anthems, no style to call their own. They crave entertainment, but their attention span is as short…
