Lynne Paris-Purtle is not only alliterative but also gives direct answers and moves busily among the crowd as she seeks to corral 50 middle- and high school students, which is what she was doing when I met her last week during the Young Writers Conference that she organized at the university. It was the end Read More
WCSU in the Age of Reason
Paul Steinmetz writes about Western Connecticut State University
Archive for 2010
Year Two: More great stuff
I wish to congratulate my readers. It has been a full year since the first posting of this blog and you have been fulsome in your praise and resolute in your support. I wasn’t sure how it would work out, to be honest. The pressure to produce (nearly) every week is annoying and it might Read More
WCSU PR guy influences news organizations
I commented in a post a while back about the troubling trend of news organizations that write themselves into knots trying to explain why sources sometimes refuse to talk to them on the record. They say they protect someone’s identity so the person “could speak freely” or because they “did not want to be named Read More
Gov. Rell to other universities: Too bad you’re not WCSU
It’s a fact of life that news people are often at odds with everyone else. That state of affairs suits the personalities of many in the news business, including me. Although in my circle I was sometimes considered to be soft, my journalistic bonafides were righteous; many newsworthy people despised me. Shortly after I left Read More
Wyclef Jean Is A Hit!
It turns out Wyclef Jean is a sweetheart. My bias is that famous rich people are going to have an attitude, but from the moment Wyclef, as he insisted everyone call him, got out of his car at the Westside Campus Center to prepare for WCSU’s undergraduate commencement, he shook hands, talked to professors who Read More
Hazards of the Profession
Walking across the campus on a warm spring day is one of my small pleasures: the flowering trees, the historic buildings, the strong young people exercising their vocabularies. I make my way from Point A to Point B, a short and relaxing break. A professor is walking toward me. I can’t remember her name. Her Read More
Parking is Easy at WCSU
A friend of mine said recently that WCSU has excellent events on campus and he would consider attending — except that he can’t quite figure out where to park or how to get around once he gets here. It may be that he likes his lounge chair and beer more than any type of exercise Read More
