by Brendan Gottschall, SJ | Nov 7, 2016 | Faith & Politics, Justice, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
Embed from Getty Images When I taught world history to freshmen in high school, I once asked my students to reflect upon the longevity of the Roman Republic (it lasted over 500 years, ending in the first century BC, over twice as long as our Republic). In an...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Nov 5, 2016 | In the News, Pop Culture, Sports ~ Approx. 3 mins
Embed from Getty Images I’m from Green Bay, but now I’m a teacher in Chicago. Yesterday, there was a parade two blocks from my classroom, and thousands gathered for a celebration 108 years in the making. Several of my students skipped class; others were trapped in a...
by Dan Dixon, SJ | Nov 4, 2016 | Film, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 3 mins
Embed from Getty Images We’ve got best-selling books on mass incarceration. We’ve got videos of unarmed people of color getting shot and killed. We’ve even got #blacklivesmatter, which has already appeared over 12 million times on Twitter. Yet, otherwise smart people...
by Andy Nguyen, SJ | Nov 3, 2016 | Pop Culture, Science & Technology, Social Media ~ Approx. 2 mins
Picture the scene: It’s a quiet Sunday afternoon. The sun is shining and the birds are chirping. You, a hardworking college student, are staying indoors reading for Monday classes. You’ve just finished another four pages, which took no less than half an hour of...
by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | Nov 2, 2016 | Blogs, Faith & Family, Sports ~ Approx. 3 mins
“And there’s a flag on the play. Let’s wait and see what the official’s ruling is…looks like it’s the Wiggly Arm penalty…” There’s laughter from both sides of the bleachers as the white-hat official picks up the football and marches down the field. “Back in Black” by...
by Pierce Gibson, SJ | Nov 1, 2016 | Faith & Politics, In the News ~ Approx. 3 mins
In 1961, newly inaugurated President John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivered what would later be acknowledged as one of the greatest presidential speeches in US history. The scene was historic — on stage with JFK were past presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D....
by Brian Strassburger, SJ | Oct 31, 2016 | Faith & Family, In the News, Sexuality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Embed from Getty Images Step aside, Elsa. It’s not your year. For the first time in forever, Halloween 2016 is the year of the superhero. After 11 years of dominance, the princess costume has been dethroned as the most popular Halloween costume. The results of...
by Emanuel Werner | Oct 28, 2016 | Sports ~ Approx. 4 mins
Embed from Getty Images Urban Meyer is an incredible college football coach – maybe the best in the country. He has an .851 career winning percentage, behind only two Notre Dame legends: Frank Leahy (.864) and Knute Rockne (.881). He has three national...
by Danny Gustafson, SJ | Oct 27, 2016 | Faith & Politics, In the News ~ Approx. 1min
Friends, it’s been a long haul. Back when this campaign season started, approximately twenty people stepped into the ring to battle for their respective parties’ nominations to be President. Now we’re down to the final two. They’ve got their running mates. They’ve...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Oct 26, 2016 | In the News, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2 mins
Embed from Getty Images I never expected to connect Donald J. Trump with the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Then again, I didn’t expect many of the things that have happened during this presidential campaign. The New York Times just released a summary of an...
