Conservative Student News

I am deacon Thomas Joseph originally from the parish of Kalladithidal in the state of Tamilnadu, India. My parents are farmers and I admire them greatly for having been wonderful parents who made a number of sacrifices for their children. I enjoyed my childhood in helping my parish priest, Fr.

It was the sixth session in a tightly-compressed colloquium, and the 18 conferees were weighing difficult questions.  Was a republican form of government compatible with an empire?  Was the Bill of Rights truly unnecessary, as the framers of the Constitution had argued that it was?  And what exactly were rights in the first place?

It was late summer after my freshman year of high school. I had just returned home from a long canoe trip, and my mother was dropping me off at a friend’s house. I wore my sister’s white shorts because everyone knows that anything white accentuates tan skin, so I seized the opportunity to wear white clothing, seeing as it was a rare occasion for me.

The battle for Social Security reform is in full swing.  Quotes like, “We will defeat private accounts soon,” from House Minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, prove that the gloves are off on this issue.  In the end though, private accounts will win and the do-nothing plan of liberals will lose.

Previously published March 10, 2005 on townhall.com. Reprinted with permission from Ann Coulter and the Young America’s Foundation.

Terri responds to her mother, Mary Schindler, by smiling.

As this column goes to press, Terri Schiavo is dead, having been starved to death. Her life has been taken from her in a most inhumane way, worse than we would allow for an animal or even a convicted criminal on death row. In the end, the courts spurned the will of the people as spoken through their elected representatives. Beyond a cursory nod of approval or grimace of disapproval, what does her case really mean to us?

17-year-old Lauren Flynn holds her brother, Jack

Growing up, I was always taught to respect the dignity of every human life. As a side-walk counselor at abortion clinics with my grandmother, I witnessed the devaluation of human life. In one instance, when my grandmother offered a young mother information on adoption, the woman looked at her and said, “I would never give my baby to someone else.”

It feels like it was only yesterday that we were distributing the first issues of the St. Thomas Standard.  Now, nearly two years later, we are still distributing the paper.  We have had our share of setbacks, like finding piles of the newspaper in recycling containers around campus, but these have merely strengthened us and helped us to grow.

Outspoken conservative pundit Ann Coulter will speak in a rare free event on campus on Monday, April 18, 2005.