Rohan Johnson

Thousands of United States undergraduate students apply for summer internships every year. The number of internships across the country is split nearly evenly between paid and unpaid opportunities. Undergraduate juniors and seniors tend to take the majority of paid internships while freshmen, sophomores, and a small amount of high school students generally account for a large amount of the unpaid internships.  Read More »

In August of 2009, Richard Cosier, the Dean of Krannert School of Management, announced that he will be stepping down.  “It’s been an honor to lead our world-class faculty and be a part of the energy and dedication that surrounds Krannert,” Cosier stated. “My plan was to do this job for 10 years, and it will be 11 years next summer. It’s time. Read More »

In the beginning, all of humankind was endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable Rights. Among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. These crucial words, which hold a key position in our Declaration of Independence, are often repeated, and even more often overlooked. The notion commonly highlighted in public grade schools, university courses, and the all-divulging History Channel, is that this is the document that gives and defines what rights we have as human beings. There are two vital concepts that are often not acknowledged.

If you were to ask the student body here at Purdue the name of the candidate who came in second to Senator John McCain for the Republican nomination in 2008, very few would actually be able to respond correctly. That individual is former Governor Mike Huckabee, and to say that he is a character would be an understatement. Prior to the 2008 Republican primary, the conservative candidate served as a Southern Baptist pastor for twelve years before launching his career in politics and serving as the Governor of Arkansas for two consecutive terms. Read More »

Al Gore and his posse of environmental extremist thugs would like nothing more than for you to fall for their alarmist notion that humankind is the cause of all natural disasters and ultimately the reason for all woes that one may experience. In contrast, Phellim McAleer and Ann McElhinney would like nothing more than to prove to you that Al Gore is wrong, and they will prove it to you through a similar means of communication: a documentary. Read More »

In 1987, a garbage barge by the name of Mobro 4000, spent two months moving through the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico looking for a landfill to dump its load. The captain of the barge was originally planning on dumping in a cheap landfill in Louisiana. But with the hopes of cutting transportation costs, he attempted to sway Jones County, North Carolina to accept the trash. The Mobro pulled into the dock before the deal could be finalized, causing landfill officials to assume that the Mobro’s load posed a threat. Read More »