Media Mentions

Richard Hughes, senior fellow in the Boyer Center, examines both what America has learned and failed to learn from the messages of Martin Luther King, Jr. Hughes’ “As I See It” piece ran in the Jan. 19 edition of the Harrisburg Patriot-News.

Read “What King taught America; what America failed to learn.”

Fifteen Messiah College students are in New Zealand for a J-Term cross-cultural experience. Their recent experiences on a rural farm caught the attention of The Gisborne Herald, a New Zealand newspaper on Jan. 19. The paper interviewed several Messiah students about their experiences abroad.

Read “A taste of back-country New Zealand.”

Barack Obama’s savvy use of the Internet throughout his campaign and subsequent election has rallied a remarkable number of people, according to Internet communication experts. Robin Lauermann, professor of politics and expert in public opinion, told GNS Political Writer Chuck Raash that “she believes Obama’s online network will demand fairly early results.” From a public policy perspective, Lauermann points out that it may be better to focus on building small successes rather than attempting a swooping accomplishment.

Read “Could the Web help Obama govern” from the The Advertiser in Lafeyette, Louisiana.

As Barack Obama is sworn in as the country’s 44th president, many historians are drawing parallels between how the historical significance of the moment recalls the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Paul Rego, professor of politics, offered comments to The Providence Journal on Jan. 18 about the similarities between Obama, Lincoln, and FDR.

Read “Echoes of Lincoln, FDR, Kennedy will resonate as Obama takes the oath.”

Paul Rego, professor of politics, says Barack Obama’s inauguration is “the coming of a new generational figure” in a Jan. 18 Patriot-News article about the transformation that many midstaters anticipate.

Read “Midstaters see transformation in America ahead.”

It seems that winning is contagious at Messiah, asserts the Harrisburg Patriot-News in a Jan. 4 story about the recent success of our men’s and women’s soccer, women’s basketball, field hockey, and baseball teams. The article interviews several coaches in attempt to determine the College’s formula for success.

Read “Winning’s contagious at Messiah.”

“Just how important is your GPA?” ponders a Philadelphia Examiner writer in the paper’s Jan. 6 issue. Mike True, director of Messiah’s Internship Center, weighs in: “Employers want to see that a student has applied themselves well in the classroom, before that student takes on responsibilities inherent in the workplace.”

Read “Just how important is your GPA?”

While some employers are suspending their internship programs, Mike True, director of the College’s Internship Center, is seeing a continued willingness among local businesses to invest in interns as part of their workforce development efforts. True offered advice for starting an internship search in the Dec. 28 issue of the Harrisburg Patriot-News.

Read “Expanding your education: Finding an internship.”

President-elect Barack Obama’s pick of Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration drew criticism and much media attention. John Fea, professor of American history, wrote a thoughtful opinion piece for the Dec. 23 Philadelphia Inquirer that considers the similarities and differences between Warren and Billy Graham, the evangelist tapped for almost every inauguration since 1965. USA Today then excerpted part of Fea’s piece in a summary of coverage regarding Warren’s selection.

Read “Obama’s pick of Warren.”
Read “Warren pick insults Obama backers: What people are saying about inaugural invocation” from the Dec. 26 issue of USA Today.

The York Daily Record ranked The Compassion Forum number four on their list of the top eight religion stories of 2008. The Dec. 31 story cites the candidates efforts’ to “woo faith-based voters.”

Read “Top eight, local religion stories.”