Angela Ahrendts – the former CEO of Burberry, and current Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores at Apple – is a graduate of the Miller College of Business at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
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Monthly Archives: February 2025
Notable alumni
Campus Life at the
University of Missouri – Columbia
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The MAGA new right seems to be betting that the American polity has a deep reserve of untapped nativist rage—which can be harnessed in the service of their culture war against the liberal status quo, or of ICE’s more tangible goals. But if current polls are to be believed, the administration seems to be underestimating the everyday decency and patriotism of the American public.
~ Laura K. Field via The Atlantic
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Cunning and deceit will every time serve a man better than force to rise from a base condition to great fortune.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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Campus Life at the
University of Illinois
Campus Life at
Durham University
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Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love.
~ Milan Kundera
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Most people go through life dreading they’ll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They’ve already passed their test in life. They’re aristocrats.
~ Diane Arbus
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Campus Life at the
University of New South Wales
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Ever since time began, it’s been moving ever forward without a moment’s rest. And one of the privileges given to those who’ve avoided dying young is the blessed right to grow old.
~ Haruki Murakami
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