Spring 2016 Issue With less than 24 hours before the first curtain call, tensions run high in the West Side Theater as 18 students and two harried faculty members work to perfect their performance.

Insight, Spring 2016: In the final analysis, the purpose of a college education is to give students the wherewithal to thrive in the future—the exact nature of which is unknown to us all. We know that certain skills can quickly become obsolete.