Filliben, middle, with classmate Dom Watts, left, and German student Simon Langue, right. By Ryan Filliben When people hear that you’re an American while abroad, and it’ll probably be obvious because our accents are pretty distinct, chances are that they’ll ask you about Trump. That’s the first thing I learned when I came to Galway, Read More …
By Joel Desmarais The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that those with a bachelor’s degree earn about $1,173 a week while those without a bachelor’s degree only earn about $712 per week. Very few dispute the value of higher education, however, with tuition costs rising, it falls to parents and students in order to Read More …
By Hailey Ibberson Catholic University students rolled their car windows down as they made their to Mitchell Park last weekend to promote the Rome School of Music, Art, and Drama’s upcoming production of Legally Blonde. Legally Blonde has been in rehearsal for about four weeks now, but the cast took a small hiatus from their Read More …
By Rachel Stevens It is not a scary time to be a young male in America. It is a terrifying time to be a woman. The men’s rights movement has gained a considerable amount of traction in recent years, and it needs to be stopped. Feminism is the movement for the advocacy of women’s rights Read More …
By Nick Swanson Anti-Kavanaugh protesters’ ugly showing of hate was on full display this past week. At the Capitol over the weekend, protesters yelled “shame” at me and others supporting Kavanaugh. They called female supporters of Kavanaugh the most vile names imaginable. They spit on Kavanaugh supporters. They said things so despicable they should never be Read More …
By Sophie Czerniecki and Elise LaFleur #MeToo is a crucial, important, and empowering movement to raise awareness about sexual assault and to ensure that people, regardless of gender, know that they are not alone. It is a movement that should be taken seriously and not used as an effort to push a political issue from Read More …
By Francisco Flores-Pourrat The Sunday after the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report was published mentioned my own Archbishop Cardinal Wuerl 200 times, is a Sunday I cannot forget even though I try. My parish, St. Raphael in Rockville, Maryland is my parish and is one of the biggest parishes in Maryland. Our church holds around 400 Read More …
By Katarina Ivancik This past June, Jacqueline Leary-Warsaw was appointed as dean of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Drama, Art after a dramatic process of academic renewal in spring 2018. One month into the academic year, Leary-Warsaw is currently overseeing the new and exciting collaborations between the departments. An example is the upcoming Read More …
By Theresa Whitfield On Friday, September 21st, each branch of the military came together at the Pentagon to honor the families of Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action, and to remind us that we will never stop fighting for these individuals. This ceremony stood as a true testament to the beauty and cohesion Read More …
By Duane Paul Murphy Human beings of the ancient and modern times from the previous millennia have constantly envisioned a more progressive future than what we have now. The envisioned science, technology, engineering, culture, reason, rationality, democracy, and republicanism would eventually liberate us from laborious work, brutal wars and conflicts and political rule of the Read More …