Graduation

Global Warming: a Test for the Next Greatest Generation

Charles Alexander | Posted 06.10.2008 | Green


Charles Alexander

Climate change will affect the lives of billions of people. Like my parents' generation, you will be drafted to save the world. You could be the next greatest generation.

Friendship: The Graduation Gift That Keeps On Giving

Irene S. Levine | Posted 06.09.2008 | Living


Irene S. Levine

Graduation often means going home or moving away, leaving the familiar and making new starts. But make yourself a promise to keep up with your school chums - they're the best graduation gift you can get.

Graduation Blues

Christine Hassler | Posted 06.03.2008 | Living


Christine Hassler

Dear Christine, I've just graduated from graduate school, but instead of feeling excited, I'm feeling really sad. I went directly to grad school aft...

Rearview Mirror

Cheryl Saban | Posted 06.01.2008 | Living


Cheryl Saban

I hope these new graduates will be good drivers; that they will fix roads that are damaged, build bridges across roads that have been divided, and have the courage to travel to places that are foreign to them.

Message to Graduates: "Be a Good Ancestor"

Samantha Power | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living


Samantha Power

My generation and our predecessors haven't been responsible caretakers. But you can be. Be resilient. Find friends who have your back. And above all, be a good ancestor. You can. And you must.

Leaving Your Artistic Legacy

Craig Lucas | Posted 05.18.2008 | Living


Craig Lucas

We began, as artists, tens of thousands of years ago, by putting our hands to the walls of the caves and leaving a handprint: "I was here!" That is still our job.