Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  Administrative Director Charles Doss at the University of Chicago's Launch Event Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die." — Eleanor Roosevelt    Robert J Kemper School: University of Tennessee- Chattanooga Member of: Reducing our dependence on foreign, harmful, and unsustainable energy University of Tennessee- Chattanooga Policy interests: Environment, Government reform After reevaluating my priorties, I chose to leave the army and return to civilian  life.  Being shot out and/or killing people for money seemed to run counter to my enlightened viewpoints.  I am now a poor college student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and hope to finish my Environmental  B.S. before  I turn thirty.  A lofty goal I know, but I am a junior so at least the end is in sight.  Along with  finishing my degree, I also plan on saving the world.     The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359