by Brian Strassburger, SJ | Jun 9, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
Don’t you hate the Yankees!?! They’ve paid for won more World Series than any other team in the major leagues. Or what about the Red Sox? Those big-spending, beard-growing, World Series-winning jerks! Do you hate the Miami Heat for their back-to-back...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Jun 5, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
You know who’s bad? Like really bad? I’m talking badder than George Thorogood and Michael Jackson combined. I’m talking… Tank Man. On June 5, 1989, the morning after the infamous crackdown/massacre in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, tanks rumbled through the city in...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Jun 4, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Many people have been speaking out for the release of the 300 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped on April 14 by Nigerian sectarian militants Boko Haram. The world of social media exploded with #BringBackOurGirls, a movement that included everyone from Alicia Keys and...
by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | Jun 4, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
Why would anyone run barefoot? Well, in the case of Ethiopian Abebe Bikila, winner of the 1960 Olympic marathon in Rome, it’s because he couldn’t find shoes that fit comfortably.So he ran (and won) the way he normally ran: barefoot. But all of a sudden today, barefoot...
by Ken Homan, SJ | Jun 2, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 6 mins
I’m an adventure-seeker. I relax by looking at my atlas for the green blocks that signify parks and public land. I live in the Bronx, but I’m more likely to spend an hour driving to the mountains than an hour on the train to Manhattan. Wild and untamed, nature...
by Nathaniel Romano, SJ | May 30, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
“Days of Future Past,” the new X-Men movie, took one of the most beloved stories from the history of the fabled comic series and has turned it into a very impressive motion picture. The film tackles one of the most common, yet least approachable, comic book tropes –...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | May 29, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Yesterday, shortly after we learned that Nobel laureate Maya Angelou had died at the age of 86, the Internet seemed to erupt with quotes and excerpts from her large body of writings. In a spontaneous surge of remembrance and mourning, post after post recalled her...
by Eric Immel, SJ | May 29, 2014 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
I’m in the thick of my first summer as a Jesuit scholastic and when you look at the itineraries of a Jesuit in formation you realize that we never stay put for long. While we’re men on the road, ready to move when called upon, there’s still a certain shock value in...
by Garrett Gundlach, SJ | May 29, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
I once thought that I wanted to be a photographer. So, I bought a fancy camera and I took some fancy photos. Then I thought that I didn’t want to be a photographer. So I sold it to a friend. Then I decided that I wanted to be a photographer, so I bought it back from...
by Danny Gustafson, SJ | May 27, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
A few weeks ago, an undergraduate I know at Loyola University Chicago suggested that I check out 2048, a seemingly simple puzzle game. When I searched for it on my phone, I found a few results beyond the basic version of this game that I had hoped to find. One of...
