Will the economy improve?
DIANA LEE GRODEN
Issue date: 4/13/09 Section: Campus News
tuition-free program, hoping to
learn skills that will help them
find a job.
To take a step back and gain
some perspective, a Bucks professor
explains how the country
got into the mess it's in and how
it might get out of it.
Some of the nation's senior citizens
have been through severe
economic times before. Sister
Molly McGuire, 91, shares her
memories of living through the
Great Depression.
People's stress levels are rising
as fast as their means of earning
a living and savings are
evaporating. While most everyone
seems to be feeling the emotional
and psychological impact
of the recession, faculty and staff
offer coping strategies for students
struggling to find balance
in the high-pressure world of
academia that, for many, has
intensified due to the ailing
economy.
However, there is a silver lining
to the multitude of challenges
we are facing now. As
Bucks student Sarah Palladino
said, "It makes you think about
what's really important in your
life."
learn skills that will help them
find a job.
To take a step back and gain
some perspective, a Bucks professor
explains how the country
got into the mess it's in and how
it might get out of it.
Some of the nation's senior citizens
have been through severe
economic times before. Sister
Molly McGuire, 91, shares her
memories of living through the
Great Depression.
People's stress levels are rising
as fast as their means of earning
a living and savings are
evaporating. While most everyone
seems to be feeling the emotional
and psychological impact
of the recession, faculty and staff
offer coping strategies for students
struggling to find balance
in the high-pressure world of
academia that, for many, has
intensified due to the ailing
economy.
However, there is a silver lining
to the multitude of challenges
we are facing now. As
Bucks student Sarah Palladino
said, "It makes you think about
what's really important in your
life."
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