Opinion Editor

SGA President Lynnesy Rowland speaks with Mr. Paul Volcker.
Last Thursday, Oct. 22 at 10:30 a.m., Georgetown College was honored with a visit from Paul Volcker, Chairman of the newly formed Economic Recovery Advisory Board under President Barack Obama. Volcker is a trustee fellow of GC and the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board during the Carter and Reagan administrations. President William Crouch introduced SGA President Lynnesy Rowland, who in turn introduced Volcker. Volcker was on his way to speak as the featured guest at the 2009 Shakertown Roundtable (an annual public policy forum for CEOs), the topic of which was economic crisis and reform. However, he agreed to stop by and speak to Georgetown students, faculty and staff. Seated informally in an armchair on the stage of John L. Hill Chapel, Volcker jokingly invited Rowland to join him on stage to “help [him] with the answers” before beginning his talk.

At 11 a.m. in the Chapel this past Tuesday, Dr. Robert B. Kruschwitz delivered the 2009 George Walker Redding Endowed Lecture. Delivered to students and faculty alike, the lecture— titled “Naming the Distortion(s) of Love: The Deadly Sin of ‘…Whatever!’”— focused on the vices, particularly the seven deadly sins, which obstruct the path toward goodness.

