Everyone enjoys feeling loved, receiving gifts, and getting attention and affection from those they surround themselves with. These are some of the core elements of Valentine’s Day, but do these elements need to be grouped into one specific day of the year potentially for the wrong reasons? From as early as elementary school, people are…

With current president Dr. Patrick Leahy departing Wilkes at the end of July to take on the president role at Monmouth University, it brings up several questions. The obvious first is: Who will be Wilkes University’s seventh president? Some of the other questions include: Will the hire be internal? Will internal candidates even be considered?…

As academics, professors and people who are influenced by pedagogy in one way or another, we all have some degree of understanding in terms of world cultures. As children we were instructed to cut out the shapes of the seven continents and memorize which shape corresponded to what country. Some of us had diversity days…

We are calling you out. The “you” in this case would apply to folks who are registered to vote, but fail to follow through on actually voting, particularly those between the ages of 18-29. “Those who are youngest are less likely to actually vote. Dr. Thomas Baldino, a Wilkes political science professor, said. “Of all…

Since the dawn of time, society has been obsessed with beauty. Our desire to stay forever young or turn back the clock to the days of our youth to be “young and beautiful” is ubiquitous in society. Upon turning on the television one is quickly exposed to a commercial advertising anti-aging products or a television…

Many people with majors particularly in the STEM realm, or those associated with higher predicted salaries, tend to shame others who are not in those majors. Major shaming can exist on any college or university campus, no matter which school you attend. If you are not a pre-med major destined to become a surgeon, a…

For the past 81 years, the United States has celebrated an explorer who is responsible for the enslavement and genocide of America’s indigenous peoples. As we observe Columbus Day on Oct. 8, it is important to recognize the history of the man behind the holiday.  Christopher Columbus’ treatment of Native Americans and false discovery should…

Last Thursday, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Both of their testimonies surrounded the recent allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Ford nearly 36 years ago. The political battle for the next seat on the United States Supreme Court is overshadowing one big thing: Alcohol…

On Sept. 13, the Family Business Alliance held a seminar titled ‘Sexual Harassment Awareness: Myths & Reality.’ The event covered the legal and human resources perspective of sexual harassment. The Family Business Alliance held the presentation at Penn State Scranton the same day. James P. Valentine, partner of Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald LLP, covered the…