April / May 2006
Stadium Envy
With the Twins, Gophers, and Vikings stadium bill awaiting a decision, stadium supporters and opponents alike have been voicing their opinions, albeit in opposition of each other. Supporters would love nothing more than to rid our state of the obsolete HHH Metrodome. On the other hand, opponents wonder why our billionaire owners cannot pay for the stadium themselves, since they will ultimately benefit the most from the stadium.
Give yourselves a break, women
Are you a woman? If so, you need to stop what you are doing right now and take a deep breath. Let yourself relax for a few minutes. Say out loud: “I am not Superwoman and she doesn’t exist.”
Idolization of celebrities: A new religion
Does it ever make you wonder when you see a mother buying her 5-year-old daughter a Brittney Spears t-shirt? Does it ever make you wonder when you notice that half the magazines on the periodical rack are covered with stories on movie star gossip?
Tommy writes home
I am a sophomore at St. Thomas and this semester I am studying in Rome, through the Catholic Studies program.
As a student, currently in the midst of studying abroad, I can’t help but wonder why more students don’t choose to make a study abroad semester part of their college experience. The answer inevitably hinges on the question, “Why should one study abroad?”
Young couple finds vocation in married life
From the standpoint of a young, unmarried person, marriage must seem like a bum deal—accountability, limits on one’s free time, extra responsibilities, and having to put up with a bunch of new “friends” and family.
Note from the Editor
Life is full of choices. Making the right decisions, choosing the best path to take, and figuring out what is the best course of action to take can often be quite difficult. However, with a charitable disposition and positive outlook on life, one is assured contentment and reward from the paths they choose to walk.
Critiquing Condi vs. Hillary
In 2008, Hillary Rodham Clinton will run for President of the United Sates. “If the very thought of four—or perhaps even eight—more years of the Clintons and their predictable liberal policies alarms you; if you see right through the new Hillary brand—that easy going, smiling moderate; if you remember what a partisan, ethically challenged, left-wing ideologue she has always been, is now, and will always be, then you can see what the future holds,” Dick Morris advises.
