Loyola Greyhound

With the nation's unemployment figure hitting 10.2 percent last week - the highest it has been since 1983 - and the question of what to do post graduation looming over college seniors' heads, The Greyhound congratulates Loyola on developing a new program aimed at preparing seniors for entrance into the job market and a life of "real world" responsibilities.

Thumbs Up After getting stuck taking an early morning class you lazily walk back to your apartment or dorm, and by the grace of you-know-who your roommates are no where to be found. You let your backpack crash to the floor, crawl into your already perfectly scrunched blankets, and have the best nap ever.

It was no different this year. The post-season of baseball began and accusations of biased announcers flew in every direction. I'll admit, I am a Yankee fan, so I have a bias of my own. But, for the most part, it is always "bias in the ears, not the voice," as Joe Buck stated in the New York Times.

The financial crisis that sent U.S., European, and Asian stock markets crashing marked a moment of panic the likes of which we have not had since the Great Depression. For a short period, we were standing on the edge of the abyss. Without the government's $700 billion investment in the banks in order to stabilize the market and revamp credit flow, a complete and total meltdown would have been the outcome.

Walking around Loyola lately many of you may have noticed the posters for the HBO film "By the People" -- a movie which will be shown at Loyola this week with an alumni guest speaker. According to HBO, "'By the People'" is a moving record of the Obama campaign's history-making odyssey to the White House.

In prehistoric times -- or maybe just some mythological world dreamed up by hopeless romantics, fostered by urban legends and handed down by oral tradition -- people were forced to maintain relationships without any sort of technology. There was no such thing as e-mail, texting, or BBMing.