Power outages thrill me. They always have. I love candles. And I didn’t have raw meat in the refrigerator on Sunday night when the lights went out. So my enthusiasm for outages persisted that night, so much so that I found myself secretly hoping the lights would stay off for days even as I checked...
Other than the few people who still wear masks in every situation, life has largely returned to normal since the introduction of COVID-19 to the world five years ago. Memory of the COVID-19 shutdown reminds Americans how great the freedom and independence they enjoy is, and, conversely, how powerful the government had grown, wiping out...
A March 20 Collegian article (“Deportation upholds Catholic social teaching”) appealed to the Thomistic principle of ordo amoris or order of love, which Vice President J.D. Vance used to justify his disobedience to the pope on the issue of deportations. This is misguided. When the Papal See rejects deportations of illegal immigrants, it is condemning...
Travel is exciting. Travel is accessible and easy. Travel is a constantly-improving global industry. People love to travel. Also, the desire for more travel is misguided. Most people — and certainly those educated in the liberal arts — recognize that accessible, affordable, easy, and exciting things warrant abundant caution. All humans can excessively indulge in...
When students reached for copies of The Collegian at lunch last Thursday, they grabbed nothing but air. A power outage at our printer led to a late delivery, and the 22nd edition arrived on campus shortly before dinner. Despite the delayed release, our good name still stands, as we have not failed to deliver a...