SI writer Austin Murphy '83: College game trumps NFL
Sports Illustrated senior writer Austin Murphy '83 covered the National Football League for six years and is in his 15th year of covering college football.
In the most recent episode of Colgate Conversations, the podcast series highlighting members of the campus community, Murphy had this to say:
-- The NFL is run by pinched, unsmiling bureaucrats who have sucked the joy from the game and have built Plasticine stadiums that are merely life support systems for luxury boxes.
-- Division I college football is played in secular cathedrals steeped in quirky traditions that evoke unflagging passion from fans and create fun atmospheres that can't be beat.
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Fellowship fanned alumna's interest in global issues
Alumna Chi Chi Obichere-Roxo's interest in international development - sparked by a Colgate extended study course and a Watson fellowship - can be seen through her work involving refugees in Kenya, religious leaders in Nigeria, and a host of others around the world.
Obichere-Roxo '00 is a program officer with Management Sciences for Health, a nonprofit global health organization based at The Extending Service Delivery Project, a consortium of six international organizations funded by the United States Agency for International Development.
Besides Kenya and Nigeria, Obichere-Roxo also has worked in England, India, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Mali. She focuses mainly on reproductive health and family planning issues.
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Tim Suermondt, author of chapbooks, discusses work
Tim Suermondt is the author of two chapbooks, The Dangerous Women with Their Cellos (The Manny Trio Press, 1998) and Greatest Hits (Pudding House Press 2002).
In the fourth episode of the podcast series Colgate Conversations: Writers and their Craft, Suermondt talks about his current work, its direction, and the influence of the Colgate Writers' Conference upon it.
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Dalai Lama discusses education in Colgate podcast
During his recent visit to campus the Dalai Lama met with Colgate President Rebecca Chopp and Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson for a special episode of Colgate Conversations, the university's podcast series that highlights members of the campus community.
In the audio interview, the Dalai Lama talks about education and its role in achieving happiness.
He speaks about "warm-heartedness" and other characteristics that can help students at Colgate and elsewhere become compassionate global leaders.
The discussion, which also was videotaped, delves more deeply into some of the topics His Holiness raised during his public appearance at Colgate on April 22, when he spoke to nearly 5,000 people.
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