Mike Riggs, front, and Brandon DeLaMater, both
MBA '00, had a hand in the tug of war on the intra-
mural field Friday, April 30, during Olinpics II, an
afternoon event for MBA students, as well as faculty
and staff, of the John M. Olin School of Business.
Getting down to fun and games rather than business,
attendees also enjoyed a three-legged race, water-
balloon toss and (raw) egg toss. Capping the
celebration, sponsored by the International Business
Council, an MBA student group, was a barbecue at
the Stanley Lopata Courtyard at Simon Hall. |
Study yields surprises about American poverty
By Gerry Everding
Americans have long accepted the notion that "there will always be poor among us," but a new study from the University's George Warren Brown School of Social Work drives that truism home by showing that a majority of Americans will themselves live in poverty for some portion of their adult lives.
"Nearly two-thirds of all Americans and more than 90 percent of African Americans will experience at least one year of living below the poverty line during their lifetimes," said Mark R. Rank, Ph.D., lead author of the study and an associate professor of social work.
The study, conducted by Rank and Thomas A. Hirschl, a professor of rural sociology at Cornell University, is based on an analysis of income data for thousands of Americans for a 25-year period ending in 1992.
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