Year: 2015

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Why Theology of the Body should be part of the core

Fall semester of 2014, approximately 46 students, including myself, were enrolled in Associate Professor of Philosophy Nathan Schlueter’s Theology of the Body class, where we studied the teachings of John Paul II on sex, marriage, and family. When I saw the email advertising this class offering, I immediately did everything I could to ensure that...

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Pitching leads Chargers to Sunday sweep

Great pitching lifted the Chargers to two wins over the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals on Sunday, after dropping the first two games of the series on Saturday. The story on Saturday was a lack of timely hitting from the Chargers, who left nine men on base en route to a 3-0 loss in the series...

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We’ll miss you, seniors

It’ll be really sad to see this class of seniors graduate in a little over two weeks. Most of us have friends in the senior class — whether on sports teams, in campus groups, or fraternities or sororities. A new freshman class will come in, and this year’s juniors will become the new seniors, but...

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Thank you, Dr. Somerville

One of the best things that happened to me in college was getting a D-minus on my first English paper. I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect from Professor of English John Somerville, the man who gave it to me. One of the first things I remember learning in class was that, in college, he...

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Give Jeb a chance

On April 7, Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul announced his presidential run, claiming that we need a “new kind of Republican” — ostensibly more libertarian-leaning —  to win. In March, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz announced his presidential run, arguing that the “mushy middle” won’t win the presidency. The candidate that best embodies this “mushy...