Fall 2007

Making the most of college (second annual)

This is our second annual issue of Comment with the theme “Making the most of college” (or university). Our September issue focuses on the cultivation of community: making and learning alongside the friends who will shape us. We hope you will also learn how to cultivate your convictions, how to lead, and how to seek the shalom of the city in which you live. And don’t forget delights like cheering on sports teams or dressing well!

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In The Print Issue

Editorial

Gideon Strauss

Editorial: Gather ’round

We all need a guide.

Essay

John Seel

Making the most of college: Recovering the lost logic of church

"Why bother going to church when I don't feel like it?" Cannot a walk in the woods be as spiritually meaningful? Cannot a latté at Starbucks be as deep a time of fellowship? Cannot sleeping in on Sunday morning be as personally refreshing?

Essay

Bethany Warren

Making the most of college: Finding your coffee community

Does your life have a third place?

Essay

David T. Koyzis

Making the most of college: Preparing for leadership

How should you, an undergraduate student, go about preparing for responsibility, for citizenship, for leadership? Keep your courage up, your eyes wide, and your bookshelf stocked.

Essay

David Greusel

Making the most of college sports: courts, diamonds & gridirons

The real value of spectator sports.

Essay

Jeff Cavanaugh

Making the most of college: The importance of dressing well

"Whatever's most comfortable" isn't really good enough.

Essay

David C. Bentall

Making the most of college: Business, balance, and learning to live

Have you decided on the limits of your career?

Essay

Alissa Wilkinson

Making the most of college: The off-campus investment

You may not stay forever, but you're there for a reason.

Essay

Esther Lightcap Meek

Making the most of college: Learning with friends

Friendship is necessary to learning, and it strategically helps us to learn. Interpersonal knowing is what we humans were made for, what we hope for. Learn to see your friendships covenantally, as co-knowers growing together.