A twice in a lifetime event (at best) is coming up next month. Late in the afternoon on Tuesday, June 5 the planet Venus, which for the past six months has been the most brilliant “star” in the western sky

Easter is a joyous holiday. This year’s early spring brought forth an exquisite Easter fireworks display of trees adorned with vividly colorful blossoms. Holidays like Easter are typically times for family gatherings, traditions, and rituals. Sometimes though, it is the

This is an excerpt from the keynote address given at the Induction Ceremony and Senior Recognition for the First Year Honors Society, Alpha Lambda Delta, at Saint Vincent College on Saturday, March 31. At one time earning a College degree

Suzanne Collins creates a classic dystopian future in The Hunger Games on par with Huxley’s Brave New World, Orwell’s 1984 and Vonnegut’s Fahrenheit 451. The movie adaption of the book will be released this week. Collins adds an especially horrifying

Moving into daylight savings time can be disruptive. I dislike the loss of an hour’s sleep when we spring ahead – admittedly, I never complain about the extra hour the day we fall back. Each year I am also reminded

Next week is spring break, a week uniformly anticipated by both students and faculty, as a much needed respite from the routine rigors of the semester. While this has been the winter that wasn’t, so far, I am still looking

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics How important are the visual arts in our society? I feel strongly that the visual arts are of vast

My family and friends know that my New Year’s resolution had better involve some significant weight loss. While my love for a good workout is great, my love for a good burger, pizza or even a mediocre piece of pie

On Saturday, the Rogers Center hosted a seminar for its Early Career Fellows – five professionals currently working in the children’s media or early learning – and Rogers Scholars – six undergraduates in their junior year from a variety of

Today, 90 undergraduates, accompanied by Fr. Killian and Fr. Jean Luc and other members of our campus ministry team, joined thousands of others in Washington, D.C. for the annual March for Life. In addition to our students, the Archabbot and

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Mr. Jeffrie Mallory, Director of the Office of Multicultural Student Life has organized several events to commenorate this special day of reflection and remembrance here at Saint Vincent College.

In this season when many of us, myself included, attempt to channel the spirit of Clark Griswold in order to created the greatest seasonal exterior illumination in the neighborhood, this final blog entry of 2011 is a reminder, or better

Scientists working with NASA’s Kepler satellite announced last week the confirmation of a planet in the habitable zone around a Sun like star – Kepler 22b. The habitable zone is the region around a star where water can exist on

The purpose of athletics dating back to the ancient Greeks, at its best, is to teach the skills and values to be a productive member of society. For over a month the media has been saturated with the developing stories