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Click here for our newest edition! Year 95, Edition #21 In this week’s edition: President Garvey answers student questions in presidential town hall Media, Drama, and Art students voice concerns to Provost Abela in meeting Students compete in first-ever “Hackathon” in Rome during spring break The Tower elects 124th Editor-in-Chief, editorial staff Op-ed: A legal perspective Read More …
By Abby Anderko Catholic University President John Garvey addressed the student body in a Town Hall on Tuesday, March 20th to inform them of new projects that the university is undertaking, improvements in different academic programs, and the overall status of the university. Put on by the university’s Student Government Association (SGA), this event is Read More …
By Liz Friden This past spring break, most Catholic University students spent their week off school resting, having fun with friends, or volunteering. A group of five Catholic students spent their spring break differently, participating in VHacks, the first hackathon held at the Vatican in Rome, Italy. Emma Flanagan, a sophomore marketing major; LeQuan Read More …
By Jimmy Cassidy A snow day cancellation of classes did not stop students in the Media and Communication Studies, Drama, and Art departments from coming to meet with Provost Andrew Abela to discuss the Academic Renewal proposal. Held in the Pryzbyla Center Great Room, the meeting on Wednesday, March 20th specifically covered the ramifications involving Read More …
By Duane Paul Murphy The Tower student newspaper at the Catholic University of America held editorial elections on February 25th to select the next editor-in-chief for the 2018-2019 academic school year. Staff writer Liz Friden, a junior politics major, was announced as the 124th editor-in-chief of the student-run publication. “My initial reaction was shocked excitement,” Read More …
By Sophia Brumme, Class of 2019 The first trip I took in Australia was to Fraser Island in Queensland. It is the world’s largest sand island. The day we departed, we were divided up into groups of eight. My friend and I were the only Americans. We were grouped with a boy from Israel, a Read More …
By The Tower Staff The state of higher education nationwide is deteriorating as we speak. Despite its global rankings amongst developed countries, accessible, qualitative, and affordable higher education in the United States of America is becoming more rare and scarce than ever before. While Catholic University of America is facing economic controversies with expanding exterior Read More …
By Tom Lahey, Class of 2016 It is a political myth that conservatives in America have a monopoly on interpreting the “intent” of the nation’s founders as it relates to the text of the Second Amendment. It is true that conservatives have an almost reverent affection for the Founding Fathers and believe their writing of Read More …
By Katarina Ivancik Coming from the producers of Parenthood and Friday Night Lights, Rise is living up to high expectations. It premiered March 13th and is airing every Tuesday 10 PM EST; the latest episodes are available online on NBC’s website. Reminiscent of TV shows like Glee and recently successful movie musicals like La La Read More …
By Brittany Sterling Young The year 2018 marks the 100th birthday of renowned American composer Leonard Bernstein, and naturally D.C. (along with the rest of the world) has plans to celebrate! Throughout the year, the Washington area will put on jazz, theater, classical, choral, and dance performances to recognize this influential man in music. Bernstein Read More …