by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Feb 17, 2015 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Viruses abound during these winter months. Though Measles has been a hot topic (no seriously, check your Newsfeed), another phenomenon has spread even more rapidly and insidiously: nostalgic Jimmy Fallon sketches. Remember “Fresh Prince”? Fallon has a skit for that. ...
by Brian Strassburger, SJ | Feb 16, 2015 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 12 mins
Ever since I got hooked on Lost, I’ve been a sucker for a well-produced, well-scripted TV series. In the age of On Demand and Netflix, it’s almost too easy to catch up on seasons past and get hooked into a television binge. Who doesn’t know someone who has watched...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Feb 14, 2015 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
Valentine’s Day may not be a bed of roses for everyone. But it is a good reminder for anyone (single, married, vowed, or otherwise committed) to be more intentional about showing love. Here are fourteen easy ways to show people love today — or any day. Call a...
by Jason Welle | Feb 12, 2015 | In the News, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 2 mins
The evening news just won’t be the same. Brian Williams, a respected journalist and evening news anchor, has been suspended from the nation’s top rated evening news program after he admitted to embellishing a story about his coverage of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. In...
by Ken Homan, SJ | Feb 12, 2015 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
As part of my graduate history studies, I researched the Native American communities who had inhabited the area around Newberry National Volcanic Monument. I began my research at the New York branch of the National Museum of the American Indian. Located on the...
by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | Feb 11, 2015 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
224, 144, then 164 minutes. That’s 3.7, 2.4 then 2.73 hours. Three consecutive days, one surprised man and one unphased iPhone. I can explain! Really! I know — the final holdout on the smartphone, the proud low-tech with acoustic instruments and daylong...
by Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ | Feb 10, 2015 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
Oh no. My eyes dropped to the floor as my Jesuit brother lifted the strap over his head and gripped the fretboard of his acoustic guitar, clamping his capo into place. “I wrote this song over 30 years ago,” he began. Oh, don’t do this, I thought. This isn’t going to...
by Nathaniel Romano, SJ | Feb 9, 2015 | Pop Culture, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2 mins
During my freshman year in high school, I picked up a new game for my new computer system — Sid Meier’s Civilization II. This was a mistake. Just after lunch, I installed the game and started playing. The next time I looked away from the screen, it was pitch...
by Jason Downer, SJ | Feb 6, 2015 | Humor ~ Approx. 2min
What a week it has been so far! First the Patriots win their fourth Super Bowl and then Harper Lee announces she has a 2nd book coming out. But this week is far from over because this Saturday is Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. I know, it snuck up on me this year too....
by Eric Immel, SJ | Feb 3, 2015 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
My handwriting is terrible. It’s like someone tied a pencil to the tail of a pomeranian and let it run wild across the page. The ‘I’s look like ‘Z’s, the ‘g’s look like ‘s’s–it’s a comical mess, a Jackson Pollock font. Essay exams and handwritten letters are...
