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Young Men Want To Be Heroes: Let’s Help Them Do It Right

August 6, 2013  • Dr. Chris Howard, Huffington Post

Hampden-Syndey College President Chris Howard calls for a broader understanding of heroics that goes beyond, “the idea of hero to one who earns his way to significance with knives, swords, bullets or guns.” Dr. Howard offers his support for the Franklin Project’s vision of a new National Service System as one way to begin reconceiving of heroics among America’s youth. Read the full article here.