By Lucas Parker “Credit or debit?” can now be heard during collection time at Sunday Mass. Tithing at St. Ambrose Parish in Boise, Idaho has taken a progressive turn, as ushers have been armed with PIN pads for rounding the pews, leaving the fraying wicker baskets behind. Pastor Fr. Ralph Maloney, “sick and tired” of Read More …
Op-Ed Submitted by Adam Zeidan Next week, the Catholic University of America will receive a Christian from Palestine to speak on the state of Christianity in Palestine. I feel it necessary, as a Palestinian-American Christian, to make other students aware that this event may not be properly representative of the Palestinian Christian community and their Read More …
By Maureen McGarry Before leaving for Ireland, I was beyond excited for my study abroad experience and all of the new opportunities I was going to have. Everyone told me what a fun time I was going to have, and how great my time abroad in Ireland would be. Don’t get me wrong, I am Read More …
By Jimmy Harrington, Weston Kirby, and Aaron O’Brien Mackisey As student leaders, we are called to stand up and speak out. As members of Student Government, we have never shied away from either. During a Special Session of the Student Government Association (SGA) Senate on March 4th, 2019, the Senate passed Resolution 014, “A Resolution Read More …
By Jared Prenda There has long been a stigma of the inner city that young men are born to either play professional sports, become a rapper, or die a trapper in the hood. Rapper 2 Chainz, born Tauheed Epps, has embodied all three aspects if this stigma at points in his life, but the title Read More …
By Abby Wolpiuk Students who thrive on routine and consistency are continually being faced with new fences set up all over the most populated parts of campus. During the morning scramble to get to class, the last thing students need is to have to change their usual route. However, with the recent outbreak of new Read More …
Op-Ed Submitted By Matthew Chavira Over a month ago, I sent a letter to The Busch School of Business, asking them to rescind their invitation to Fr. Frank Pavone, a well-known anti-abortion political operative in the conservative wing of the Catholic Church. Days before his talk at Catholic, he tweeted “Honest to God, I am Read More …
By The Tower Staff Trevor Wehner walked into his first day at an internship Henry Pratt Co. plant in Aurora, Illinois. Wehner was born in Aurora and raised in Sheridan, a small community in which he was actively involved. He was a senior at Northern Illinois University and was pursuing his degree in human resource Read More …
By Pamela Nguyen As you live your daily life as a college student, there will constantly be lots of brainwork. With your daily classes, homework, projects and many other school activities to handle daily, not to mention your socialization activities, you will need to make sure that your brain is always active. And what better Read More …
By Stephen K. Wright I am writing to you as Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature. It has been my distinct pleasure and pride to serve my students and colleagues at CUA from 1982 until my retirement in 2013. Yet today, I am writing to you to express my profound dismay at the reprehensible Read More …
