Rethinking corporate governance: Too few suits

Ryan Kambich is a second year graduate student in the Private Interest and the Public Good master’s program. He is a copy editor from Deerfield, Ill. Earlier this month, the Business Roundtable, a lobbying organization representing the CEOs of many of the nation’s largest corporations, issued an update to its “Statement of the Purpose of a Corporation.” The document, revised periodically, serves as a manifesto outlining how the CEOs of some of our nation’s largest companies conceive of the place of the American corporation within society. The August 12 update to the statement is particularly notable in that it broke … Continue reading Rethinking corporate governance: Too few suits

I’m old(er than I used to be)

Emily Price is a junior psychology major with a strategic human resource management minor. She is a staff writer for the Newswire from Miamisburg, Ohio. During move in this semester, everything felt totally normal except for one thing: This is my third year. Now, more than halfway through my time at Xavier, I am suddenly old. I am closer to graduation than the first day of my first year, and closer to age 40 than age 1, closer to the working world than childhood. There are adults long graduated from college who are most likely rolling their eyes at me, … Continue reading I’m old(er than I used to be)

My relationships are authentic too

Sam Peters is a senior Philosophy, Politics and the Public and economics double major. She is a staff writer for the Newswire from Aurora, Ill. I’m a woman. I’m not the most girly-girl, but no one would ever mistake me for a man. I don’t shave my legs, but I love wearing high heels. I don’t wear dresses, but my jeans are tight with fake pockets. Feminine, but in a casual way. I’m also a gay woman, and my femininity makes people doubt my sexuality. People constantly assume that because I’m not butch I must like men, and I get … Continue reading My relationships are authentic too