Articles by Kevin Kiley

It was the challenge that many say epitomized how former Student Body President Eve Carson led.

It was a largely unanticipated faculty issue in her first month in office — a vote on a new method of reporting grades known as the Achievement Index — that drove the Carson administration to act in a matter of days.

John Grisham — the author of popular dramatic tales of courtroom mystery and intrigue — has been selected as the May 2010 commencement speaker.

Chancellor Holden Thorp’s new right-hand man is going to be a lot like him.

In addition to wearing glasses, all four of the finalists for the position of executive vice chancellor and provost are white males with a science background.

All four have extensive experience in academics and administration, which qualifies them to be the chief academic officer.

Seniors Libby Longino and Henry Spelman didn’t exactly hit it off when they met as freshmen in a poetry writing class.

“I didn’t really notice Libby, and she thought I was pretentious,” Spelman said.

Friends said Longino would come home after class and talk about a guy who the rest of the class couldn’t relate to.