Archive For January, 2011

The Power and Price of Information

By | January 25, 2011

The Prisoner: Where am I? No. 2: In the Village. The Prisoner: What do you want? No. 2: Information. The Prisoner: Whose side are you on? No. 2: That would be telling. We want information . . . information . . . information! The Prisoner (Television Series, 1967-68) Information is often viewed as power, optimizing [...]

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Reveling in our diversity, embracing our commonality

By | January 20, 2011

When I had the honor of delivering the Peace Offering during last Friday’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, I was gratified to note the diversity of the audience. Such diversity is reflected on our campus as well. Our students, for example, come from almost every county in Georgia, from many U.S. states and from several [...]

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