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Monsignor Walter Rossi Steps Down from Catholic University Board of Trustees Amidst Ongoing Investigations
By Katie Ward and Emily Prendergast Monsignor Walter R. Rossi, rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, stepped down from the Catholic University Board of Trustees in September while he is being investigated for unspecified allegations, according to a university spokeswoman. Rossi remains in active ministry and in his role Read More …
CUA On Tap: Monsignor Ray East
By Catherine O’Grady Last Thursday, Campus Ministry hosted Monsignor Ray East, pastor of St. Teresa of Avila parish in the historic Anacostia neighborhood of Washington D.C., as a speaker in their CUA on Tap series. East talked to students about striving to be saints, especially during the Halloween season, and about being inclusive to different Read More …
India’s Caste Divides
By Franchetta Groves On October 16 in the Pryzbla center, Professor Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd discussed India’s caste system and its effects on the country. With India’s caste system being over 3,500 years old there are deep and long lasting consequences which cannot be fixed overnight. Professor Shepherd explained how the caste system’s history lies in Read More …
Musical Spotlight: Alec Benjamin
By Angela Hickey Many artists are best known for their one song that constantly plays on the radio. And if you’re lucky, your song becomes a huge hit, and a claim to fame, which is true for the artist this week. After his song “Let Me Down Slowly” hit the music scene, Alec Benjamin hasn’t Read More …
Consulting Club Takes off with Deloitte Senior Consultant
By Chris Carey On Friday, October 11, about thirty members of the newly christened Catholic University Consulting Club packed a small room in Maloney Hall to hear from Deloitte Senior Consultant Tia Bent. This was the second event for the Consulting Club this year, which sponsored this consulting workshop in tandem with the Office of Read More …
Catholic University Could Have Been The White House
By Claire Prudhomme The land on which Catholic University resides was under serious consideration for the new place of the “Executive Mansion,” a new home for the President and their family that would be built due to bad conditions in the White House in 1865. Construction of the White House began in 1792 and it Read More …
The Controversy of Columbus
By Claire Prudhomme American elementary schoolers are taught in class to sing “in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue” and chant on the playground “the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria.” These ships brought gifts to the Americas from Europe; the Niña bringing with its explorers also brought mass genocide, the Pinta carried foreign diseases in Read More …
Investment Club: Teaching Students How to Build Wealth
By Renee Rasmussen At Catholic University, the Investment Club has been revitalized. After being inactive for two years, the club is back and excited to build membership. “The CUA Investment Club is a group that seeks to advance the knowledge of individuals so that they have the confidence to build their own personal wealth after Read More …
Sustainability on Campus: How Does Catholic University Recycle?
By Jessica Fetrow October is Campus Sustainability Month, and one of the most visible and impactful aspects of campus sustainability is recycling. This leads to the question: Does Catholic University recycle? If yes, how does it all work? As stated on the facilities website page, “The Catholic University of America is committed to supporting a Read More …
Lindsey Graham Gossips with Russian Pranksters Posing as the Turkish Minister of Defense
By Eva Lynch South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham was prank-called by two Russian radio hosts posing as the Turkish minister of defense, according to a statement released by his office on Thursday. The pranking duo is comprised of Alexey Stolyarov and Vladimir Kuznetsov, whom The Guardian reports have done this before with Elton John and Read More …