Monmouth College
MONMOUTH Before Nathan Gaskill 04 was a partner at the accounting firm of Lauterbach & Amen in Naperville, he was a first-generation college student wondering if he d have enough money to begin and continue his Monmouth College education. First-generation college students can face a multitude of challenges, said his wife, Laura Haumiller Gaskill 06. The financial burden is often one of those barriers to entry, and one we thought we could help lighten that load.
The couple had Nathan s experience in mind when they considered supporting Monmouth s Light This Candle Campaign, which will raise a minimum of $75 million for the College s endowment by Dec. 31, 2022.
Scott Reeder: Politics push Shay from coaching job
Scott Reeder
No sooner did the knees touch the floor than the politicians’ complaints started flying.
Kneeling during the national anthem before a game is like raising a middle finger to the U.S. flag, Tennessee state Sen. Jon Lundberg told the president of East Tennessee State University last month during a budget hearing.
Shortly thereafter, the coach, Jason Shay, was out of a job.
Shay quit as ETSU’s head coach last week after one season and a 13-12 record.
As part of his separation agreement he will receive $450,000 not to coach.
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Scott Reeder: Cynical about jury selection process
By Scott Reeder
“Jury selection is like putting a penny in a gumball machine; you have no idea what you are going to get.”
At least that is the contention of retired circuit judge Casey Stengle of Moline.
The world’s attention is focused on the jury selection taking place in the Minneapolis courtroom where Derek Chauvin, a former police officer, is accused of murder in the death of George Floyd.
Of course, lawyers do everything they can to eliminate the randomness by trying to pick jurors who they think will vote their way.
William Urban: Presidents I have known: Duncan Gordon Wimpress
By William Urban
One of the few advantages of being retired during a pandemic is that there is time to reflect on people one has known and on events worth remembering. I still get out in the car (the dog wants a ride every day, even if it’s only to make a newspaper swap). Each time I go down East Euclid past the darkened fraternity buildings, a memory flashes of President Duncan Wimpress taking me on a campus tour. It was a nice gesture on his part, because he didn’t have to do it, but he might have sensed that I hadn’t planned to stay long historians being in demand, my dissertation advisor was urging me to apply for university jobs. In any case, it was 1966 or soon thereafter, and his new library (the Hewes Library) and science building (Haldeman-Thiessen) were still in the planning stages, but the fraternity complex was there.