My aunt is a Cedar Crest alum as well. She always speaks very fondly of her time there. Sad to see that it's going through what appears to be a period of crisis. As someone who works in higher ed, I know what an unstable environment it can be, and how certain decisions can affect everyone--faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Unfortunately, nowadays many colleges are run like businesses rather than learning institutions, and students view college as merely professional training. It makes sense, given the state of the economy, but it's also the reason why programs in fine/performing art, humanities, and the social sciences are facing major cutbacks or complete elimination. I am seeing some of the same problems at my school, and am probably going to start applying for new jobs in the fall.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Updated On: 5/5/12 at 03:10 PM