When many of our students arrive at the Clinton School, they have never before set foot in Little Rock much less explored the state of Arkansas. They come from all across the country and the world—from Anaheim, Calif., to State College, Penn., to Birmingham, Ala., and from Amman, Jordan to Nha Tran City, Vietnam to Harbin, China.
Read MoreHollywood Strike Could Change Campaign
As all eyes are focused on Iowa, those in the political world may want to turn their attention to a different region of the US–Hollywood. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is on strike after failed talks to resolve issues on royalties from the sale of dvds and television shows on the internet.
Read MoreFootball at the Clinton School
We are not starting a football team. Let me be clear about that. The closest things we have to organized sports are occasional football, frisbee and kickball activities on Tyler Denton Field, located on the east side of the Clinton Presidential Park.
Read MoreHonoring America’s Veterans
Today is Veterans Day (officially commemorated Monday, November 12), a time when we should pause to remember and to thank all those who served our country in the military.
Read MoreStudents Meet With Ambassador
Four Clinton School students who are interested in performing their International Public Service Project next summer in Tanzania had the unique opportunity Friday to meet with Mike Retzer, the U.S. ambassador there.
Read MoreFacebook at the Clinton School
The Clinton School Facebook Group currently has 298 members. While we hit almost every academic institution in Arkansas, we also hit places such as Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, GWU, Chicago, New York, Boston Uni., N.C. State, William and Mary, Brown, Temple, Portland State, all over California, Austria, India, Vienna University, Mexico and many many more.
Read MoreDean Rutherford looks at 2008 elections
Speaking at Lyon College in his hometown of Batesville last night, Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford accessed the unpredictability and excitement of the coming presidential primary season. We are 56 days from the Iowa caucus, the earliest in history, and Dean Rutherford predicts both parties will have clear nominees by Super Tuesday on February 5 when 19 states, including Arkansas, will hold their primaries.
Read MoreOur Microcredit
Microcredit is a popular concept in the area of international development, especially since Muhammad Yunus, who recently visited with Clinton School students, received a Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Grameen Bank to provide loans to poor people based on trust rather than collateral.
Read MoreVisiting Ole Miss
While Ole Miss’ “Grove” is America’s best place to tailgate during football games and Oxford’s Square Books is America’s best independent bookstore, the Sally McMillan Barksdale Honors College, the Trent Lott Leadership Institute, the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconcilation and the Croft Institute for International Studies among many others on the Ole Miss campus are outstanding academic and leadership centers.
Read MoreStudents get dirty in 5th Annual Mud Run
As is tradition with the Mud Run, all participants were obligated to dash the final 100 meters through two feet of rich and organic Arkansas mud.
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