Year: 2004

You would like my friends. They are polite, well-mannered and kind. They wish the best for everyone, and often volunteer their time and energy for charitable causes. My friends are genuinely sweet people. But they

On Easter Sunday, I walked into noon mass at 11:59 a.m. Where usually there would be room to sit, I could barely find a place to stand. Because it was Easter, the Church was bursting

Once again, April 15 has arrived. Many of us will be spending part of that day online or at the post office, waiting to mail out our tax returns as the inevitable result of procrastination.

Credit cards are everywhere, especially on campus. It’s impossible to miss the solicitors who promise students free T-shirts, school supplies or meals in exchange for a credit card. The convenience of the “buy now, pay

When President George W. Bush held a press conference to defend the Iraqi war, everything he said boiled down to one thing: refusing to admit he was wrong. It was a refusal to admit the

At the Temple University Barnes and Noble bookstore, students were treated to readings by author Mark Pearson from his book “Europe from a Backpack” on Tuesday. Pearson, the 23-year-old graduate of the University of Washington,