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In a recent Leader interview, EC President Alan Ray said the College will assist those affected by the potential loss of the MAP grant by helping them find alternative financial resources. Beyond that, there isn’t really much they can do – the College is anticipating a $2 million deficit, and so they don’t have the means to make up the difference.
Six months ago G20 leaders made some unprecedented decisions. The first was to jump start the global economy by pumping nearly $5 trillion into it through tax cuts and public spending. The second was to reform the financial system in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
The stereotype is indeed alive and well -- despite the many trials of oppressed minorities and individuals looking to help this country.
Sorority recruitment season has yet again come to pass at Elmhurst College, and once again I was filled with contradictory feelings about the whole ordeal.
I heard something a few days ago that disturbed me so greatly, I must ask the gentlemen of Elmhurst to please listen up and promptly assure me that it is simply not true. 
 

The American media is like an awful opium dream–it makes about as much sense as Alice in Wonderland. 
 

The healthcare debate has taken over the public consciousness.
In a time when much of the world is faced with deforestation, landfills, and fuel shortages, Elmhurst College continues to “Go Green”.
“You don’t forget how to ride a bike,” everyone scoffed at me. “That’s one of those things you only have to learn once.” Still, I had my doubts.

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