On a college campus, educators and students live on the edge of tragedy. They walk that edge everyday, aware that the possibility of death is always one misstep away. One careless move by any of the hundreds or thousands of them walking that edge, and their whole community falls into a canyon of grief from which they will climb only after weeks,…

For years, educators had complained that college students were apathetic, that their turnout at the polls was pitifully low, that they didn't seem to care about national politics. Despite MTV's Rock the Vote campaign in the 2000 election, students didn't show up to vote in any numbers that gave everybody the reason to be hopeful about the nation's…

Asks the question, What would happen if college faculty started noticing students, started asking them questions, and started listening to their responses? Claims that much would be learned. Includes personal stories of three students. (MKA)

Reflects on task of reading applications for "Who's Who Among American University Students," and choosing eighty that merit the distinction. States that the captivating part was getting to hear the inner voice of students' lives. Suggests that students articulated clear, distinct career paths for themselves without the seasoned knowledge…