By Erin Leach |Staff Writer| Social media blew up with comments and concerns for one of the greatest players basketball has been blessed with. Many were devastated when Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers was injured this past week. Some may say tweets from fans like “Pray for Kobe” seemed like an obsession gone wild from an overzealous, over invested fan pool, but inspirational figures like Kobe provide something positive in the lives of a generation that has been deemed to be economically and socially troubled in the coming years. I would argue that an obsession with Kobe or his counterparts doesn’t necessarily mean a disinvestment in those other areas. … [Read more...] about Kobe as a source of inspiration for students