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could you go back to class?
In light of Monday’s shooting at Virginia Tech, their Provost announced a few decisions that I feel were good. First, classes will resume on Monday. Students, on a course-by-course basis,…
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2007’s HB 28
In the Texas House Committee on State Affairs rest House Bill 28, a measure that would deny American citizens equal treatment due to their parent’s immigration status at the time…
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for your prayers
Please keep John Kraft, my uncle and Godfather, in your prayers. He had a little run-in with the hospital due to heart troubles. He has left the hospital, so things…
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post-synodal exhortation on the eucharist released!
Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis, “The Sacrament of Charity”, has been released. The 100+ page document available for purchase through the USCCB, is the work of a meeting of the…
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where have i been?
Over the past few weeks, I have had many missed calls that I haven’t returned, e-mailed that I didn’t respond to or other social interactions that I didn’t have. Why?…
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ash wednesday politics
Ash Wednesday is a crazy day for churches. For us at the University Catholic Center, we have more people come today than any other day in the year– including Sundays…
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“saw ’em off”
The University of Texas Board of Regents are suing a College Station retailer for trademark violations. The store sells various T-shirts with the UT Longhorn logo with horns that are…
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the role of a moral leader
I think there is something to be said of a moral leader standing up and acknowledging that morality flows through all different aspects of life, “sacred” or “secular”. The way…
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martin luther king jr. day – making it a reality
In the past, I have celebrated MLK Day by, well, doing much of nothing. Since I’ve started college, classes have started on the Tuesday following so I had no homework…
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china’s oldest bishop dies
AsiaNews reported that Bishop Joseph Meng Ziwen of Nanning (Guangxi) died Sunday at 103. I couldn’t find him on Catholic Hierarchy, possibly due to spelling differences, but the oldest living…