By Christopher Woodside Over the past few years, students at The Catholic University of America have seen the surrounding areas of campus transform into a lively neighborhood, particularly with the opening of new restaurants, shops, and apartments on Monroe Street. The continued growth of the Brookland neighborhood was one of the major focuses of the Read More …
By Kaitlyn Troilo This past Wednesday the Student Government Association’s (SGA) Diversity Task Force held an event in the lower food court of the Edward J. Pryzbla Center that has propelled the conversation with and about LGBTQ students on campus and their human dignity. At the event titled, “In Their Own Words: Stories of LGBTQ Read More …
By Paige Wearmouth To create a new student organization on campus, one that is recognized by the Office of Campus Activities (OCA), a student must complete a four step process. Also, the proposed club must be non-discriminatory and open to the entire Catholic University community. Furthermore, the club must adhere to the missions of the Read More …
Humanity has been responsible for countless and unimaginable tragedies over the course of our existence. Cultures across the world have been enslaved. We have seen millions of people die in Nazi death camps in less than a decade. Today, we continue to see innocent people blown up on planes and beheaded by terrorists around the Read More …
By President John Garvey In the mid-twentieth century the United States enjoyed an explosion of Catholic literature. The list of writers included Flannery O’Conner, Walker Percy, J. F. Powers, Edwin O’Connor, Thomas Merton, and many others. They wrote very different stories, but all of them depicted in their fiction a world shaped by their Catholic Read More …
By Christopher Motola Class of 2017 Politics Major James Bond is a quintessential cinematic icon. Starting off as a literary character in the 1950s, then making the leap to a film franchise which would become the longest running and amongst the most profitable all time. The upcoming release of the 24th official Bond film, Spectre, Read More …
By Maria Rodriguez The Tower sat down with Dani Ebbin, a junior Musical Theater major and the artistic director for CenterStage. We asked her a few questions about their upcoming production of The Laramie Project, playing next Friday, November 13 through Sunday, November 15. Tower: Can you start off by telling us a little about Read More …
By Stephen Fasulo The Voice Division of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music is, according to multiple posted advertisements, presenting The Impresario by Mozart from November 19th to the 22nd at the Ward Recital Hall. The posters are of a triptych of Mozart busts in a gaudy Andy Warhol style. The most confusing thing Read More …
In two games that both featured a hat trick, the men’s and women’s soccer teams at the Catholic University of America dealt with opposite results on Wednesday, November 4th. For the women, the result was a huge success — a 3-0 win. The men saw their season come to a close in a 4-1 defeat. Read More …
BY JIMMY CASSIDY The Catholic University field hockey team is moving on in the Landmark Conference tournament after a wild shootout victory over Juniata College. After two 35 minute halves and two 15 minute overtime periods, the scoreboard showed the same score as it had before those 100 minutes of play — 0-0. The Read More …