Random Musings by Kraft

  • business school sucks

    Yesterday, I read how the business school had a security breach with 197,000 files were exposed to the attacker. I didn’t think much of it, as never being attached to the business school, and thought it was a bit of poetic justice to the entity that seems to act a bit more than cocky. Then,…

  • New York, New York

    May 16-22, 2006, I will be in New York City attending the Paulist Fathers Pre-Assembly and Ordinations. The Paulist Fathers, the religious order that the Diocese entrusts with campus ministry at The University of Texas at Austin, has an “assembly” every four years where priest-delegates determine the direction of the order for the following four…

  • a quiet place

    I love quiet. In the quiet I find God and I am able to speak to him and am able to hear him. I think because of this I need a certain amount of time alone. I need to recharge. After a long day, I like to excuse myself to my room and sit in…

  • i made national press!

    I was quoted in a column published by the National Catholic Reporter today. John Allen Jr., considered by some the expert English-speaking Vatican reporter, visited the University Catholic Center recently and then interviewed a group of students, myself included, the next day. In today’s “The Word From Rome”, in the fourth section, he highlights all…

  • god, country, notre dame

    God, Country, Notre Dame by Theodore M. Hesburgh As I mentioned before, if a book leaves me thinking about it for a good time following or leads me to tell everyone I encounter that they must read the book, it will get five stars in my book. This is the life story of Father Ted…

  • two cathedrals

    The West Wing – The Complete Second Season by Warner Home Video The second season of The West Wing is one of the finest seasons of television drama. Period. I’ll focus on my favorite episode, the season finale of ‘Two Cathedrals’. During the previous episode, we learn that the well-loved secretary of the President was…