Core Decorum: Horror Movies

Aristotle discusses the purpose of tragedy in his “Poetics.” He writes that tragedies and comedies are useful in the sense that they invoke joy, fear or pity in us; they provide a catharsis for...

Core Decorum: memories

The idea of “dwelling on the past” tends to have a bad connotation. We instantly think of a high school wash up or someone who can’t get over their ex. However, revisiting the past...

Core Decorum: charity

At the University of Dallas, we are taught to always strive for what is good– in our private lives as well as our public. However, it seems that many of us fail to factor...

Core Decorum: stillness

In Exodus 14:14, Moses tells the Israelites, “The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be still.”  The Egyptians were pursuing the Israelites, and it seemed as if there was no...

Core Decorum: creativity

It is a common misconception that an individual is either destined to be creative or cursed to be imitative; and it seems like most of us believe we are unfortunately the latter. However, creativity...

Core Decorum: healing

One of the advantages of attending a small university is the tight-knit community it fosters. This is especially true at the University of Dallas. It does not take long before you start to learn...

Core Decorum: Insistere

Ralph Waldo Emerson declared, “insist on yourself,” in his essay “Self-Reliance.” It is easy to brush off his advice and consider it the same as the common encouragement to “be yourself.” However, what Emerson...

Core decorum: journeys

I cannot help but consider the relationship between a student’s journey at the University of Dallas and William Wordsworth’s poem, “Ode: Intimations of Immortality.” In this poem Wordsworth reminisces about the glory of youth....

Core Decorum: Valete

The end of the school year brings many mixed feelings to students. As students, we remember that we are growing up and also realize how much we have learned. An eagerness to finish finals...

Core Decorum: Change

Often to our dismay, change is imminent. An uncontrollable force of the future, change often leaves us worried about what is to come. But although we can guess and plan, we do not know...

Core Decorum: Standards

We are often reminded of why we go to the University of Dallas. Professors, administrators and students remind each other that spending four years at UD is not just an opportunity for an intellectual...

Core Decorum: Tradition

We only have one life to live, and each day seems shorter than the last. No matter how much one tries to fit into a month, a week or a decade there are physical...

Core Decorum: Work

In life, there really are no destinations. The moment you reach one place, you think fondly of where have you just been or where you’d rather be. The same is true of all our...

Core Decorum: Media

At the University of Dallas, freshmen who have barely shucked off their high school attitudes along with their teenage set of caps and gowns find themselves presented with a poem that casts them back...

Core Decorum: Boredom

Life is often so boring. Some say that boredom does not exist; we only imagine it does when we’d rather not face something difficult. It is really just symptomatic of a lazy lack of...