Easter for the Heavy-Hearted

Easter for the Heavy-Hearted

Monday of Holy Week: I found out about the fire at Notre Dame from a student on her way out of class on Monday. I walked from my classroom to my office, scrolling through the twitter images of the spires, flames, blackened stone, and crowds aghast in horror of the...
Dark Humor

Dark Humor

This post was originally published on April 11, 2018.  *** It was like a scene out of a Cohen brothers dark comedy (think Fargo). My friend and I were having lunch at a Jesuit retirement community, which was typically a wonderful time to take in old stories and wisdom...
Student or Employee?

Student or Employee?

What do you call someone who teaches classes, grades materials, lectures, guides labs, facilitates study groups, and completes thousands of hours of research while also studying and writing theses or dissertations? According to most universities, you’d call that...
Predictions for “Avengers: Endgame”

Predictions for “Avengers: Endgame”

With a single snap of Thanos’s fingers, Marvel fans were left with desperate and heart-wrenching goodbyes and credits running in silence at the end of Avengers: Infinity War. For a year now Marvel fans have found themselves wrestling with a single question: What is...