Joshua Harris, a pastor and author best known for inspiring evangelical college students to abandon dating in favor of "biblical courtship," declared on Twitter: "There's nothing loving about preaching a false gospel.
Since the days when Bob Marley hit the pop charts, reggae has appealed to all sorts of audiences, inspiring white college students to grow their hair into dreadlocks or hang Marley posters on their dorm room walls.
But how exactly does a student present an awe-inspiring college application — one replete with challenging classes and impressive activities — without compromising his or her performance in those areas?
Motivation comes from many sources: curiosity and ambition; parental expectations; the desire to get into a 'good' college; inspiring or intimidating teachers; peer pressure.
Social-justice and environmental groups see the Unocal case as an example of globalization gone bad, inspiring protests on college campuses and campaigns to pressure school administrators to sell Unocal stock.
When his A-level results came in and he'd missed his targets, Gus Kadare, 22, called his first-choice university to see if there was a different route on to his chosen economics course Economics was what I'd always wanted to do – I'd had a really funny, inspiring teacher at college and that certainly influenced my decision.
Or, in other words: A sequel that has the possibility of inspiring two idiot college students with no money to spontaneously drive from Kansas City to Winnipeg in the middle of the winter.
The Young America's Foundation, the conservative group that bought the Reagan ranch three years ago to use in its mission of inspiring conservative values in college students nationwide, sponsored today's events, and left little doubt about its view.
"I think if it weren't for Miami Dade, I would be doing something very different right now, working in a gas station or something," said Cesar L. Alvarez, the executive chairman of the law firm Greenberg Traurig and a 1967 graduate who credited the college for inspiring him to achieve.
Many institutions of higher learning have implemented pipeline programs aimed at preparing and inspiring high school and college aged students in select careers in health sciences with varying levels of success.
