Small world

A lot of articles about South Bend’s mayor, Pete Buttigieg, have been appearing in my Facebook feed – especially now that he’s running for U.S. President.

One Facebook friend recently shared an article from The Daily Caller, a conservative news site founded by Tucker Carlson of Fox. What caught my eye was the reporter’s name. I did a little investigating. Sure enough: she’d been my “Introduction to Ethics” student at Cornell.

This is the second student of mine I’ve come across, in one way or another, in the national news.

The first has been serving as the mayor of Ithaca since January 1, 2012 – the same day Mayor Pete assumed office in South Bend.