Fall 2007

"(It) shows them that by doing what they love, they can still help people, and they're never too young to help people," Laura Luc '11, a theatre major from Mountain Lakes, N.J., in an article on her mentoring program, Kids of the Arts, The (N.J.) Star-Ledger, November 18, 2007.

"If you have a paralyzing fear of spiders, here's a Halloween treat: Some spiders can be literally scared to death by their own eight-legged relatives. Matthew Persons, an arachnid researcher at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa., has watched it happen with wolf spiders, a vast, voracious family of creepy-crawlers that help keep harmful bug populations in check." Philadelphia Inquirer, October 29, 2007.

Summer 2007

"Prosecutors who thwart, rather than seek justice, need to be held accountable by the system they discredit and pay a steep price," Allan Sobel, director of the Arlin M. Adams Center for Law and Society, op-ed on Nifong case in North Carolina, Pennsylvania Law Weekly, July 16, 2007.

"There was optimism and genuine love for humanity in the air that summer, openness to new experiences, innocence and trust. People shared what little they had and didn't worry about tomorrow," James Brock, professor of management, article on the Summer of Love The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 6, 2007.

Spring 2007

"Brenda Fabian, director of career services at Susquehanna University, advises including 'a picture of you with your internship supervisor, or a picture of you at an honors banquet...or holding some kind of award that you've received as a student athlete," article on job hunters sprucing up their Web presence, Newhouse News Service, appearing in such newspapers as Staten Island Sunday Advance, The (Easton) Express-Times and The (Cleveland, Ohio) Plain Dealer, May 2007.

"I don't think it's a bad thing that lending practices are being investigated. It makes people walk a little straighter," Helen Nunn, director of financial aid, USA Today, April 12, 2007.

Winter 2007

"In short, merit selection would give Pennsylvanians the ability to navigate the murky waters of judicial selection and make informed decisions that result in the most qualified candidates taking the bench," Allan Sobel, director of the Arlin M. Adams Center for Law and Society, op-ed on wrongful convictions, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 21, 2007.

"Part of the task recruiters face is one of outreach and education, of informing young people of the realities of military service—the rewards as well as the sacrifices. A logical venue to engage in that outreach and education is at public high schools," Jeffrey Whitman, professor of philosophy, Newsday, January 21, 2007.

"Rather than reading about the most recent wrongful conviction in the newspaper and scratching our heads about how the system can fail to do justice, we must view the advent of DNA as creating a wonderful opportunity to learn from our mistakes and find ways of preventing future miscarriages of justice," Allan Sobel, director of the Arlin M. Adams Center for Law and Society, op-ed on wrongful convictions, National Law Journal, (Harrisburg) Patriot-News, January 2007.