by jill on October 15, 2010
It’s election time again and you know what that means…attack ads, smear campaigns, finger-pointing, and shrill debates. You can’t seem to get away from the negativity that has become the US political process. In days gone by, there was a sense of civility and respect among candidates who peppered their remarks with “my esteemed opponent”, [...]
by jill on September 30, 2010
A cruel irony – News broke about Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi’s suicide on the very day a two-year Rutgers program called “Project Civility” began. The program, specifically designed to promote civil behavior in the digital age, kicked off Wednesday night on the Rutgers campus amid the reality that a student had just committed suicide after [...]