I'd tried to straighten him out, but there's only so much you can do for a person who thinks Auschwitz is a brand of beer.
I believe that it is higher education's purpose and calling to keep open the door to the American dream.
I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes.
I spent the first 18 years of my life in the pastoral town of Vernal, Utah, in the shadows of the Book Cliffs and the Uinta Mountains.
If people want to pigeon hole you then just view it as an opportunity to prove them wrong and show that you are different to what they think you are.
You can’t trust those damn Catholics.
College graduates work in every sector of the American economy, and the research engines incubated within our universities generate a wealth of ideas and innovations that have an enormous impact on our lives.
I smoke pot because I want to go to heaven before I die
I love the interplay with other smart and creative people who have got better ideas than I do and that I can bring something to, as well.
Ideas often kindle each other, like electrical sparks.
What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?