Let’s #MakeTGITGreatAgain

T.G.I.T.  Noun. Pronounced: /ˈtijit/  Definition 1: an acronym that stands for Thank Goodness It’s Thursday. Definition 2: an event that’s becoming a party...

A critique of Critical Race Theory

To commemorate this year’s Black History Month, the University of Dallas Cowan-Blakely Memorial Library set up an exhibit featuring significant figures of the civil rights movement as well as books discussing the...

A defense for the crusader

We’ve all been there. You’re talking to your non-Catholic friends, maybe answering some of their questions and the inevitable list of grievances against the Church comes up yet again: The Inquisition, Galileo,...

Enemies to Lovers: Toxic tropes

It is a truth universally acknowledged that every lover of romance novels must also have a favorite romance trope. With the surge of popularity in shows like “Bridgerton'' and niche sections of...

An apology for the shoeless

This past week, I was rather disturbed by a commentary article posted on the University News’s website. This article, titled “The UD Barefoot Phenomena,” shocked me in its unmerited libel of the...

The Pro-Life vote: a clear choice

President Trump is not the face of the pro-life movement, nor am I claiming that he is. However, he is allying himself with the pro-life movement, so it is reasonable and expedient...

Word for word; sense for sense

I am a wandering poet, which is a kind way of saying a bum. Currently traveling around the country with no clear plan, I found myself in Irving on the invitation of University of Dallas...

Core Decorum: humor

Southern writer Flannery O’Connor writes in “Mystery and Manners” that, “either one is serious about salvation or one is not. It is well to realize that the maximum amount of seriousness admits...

Compromising Catholicism for coronavirus

Upon our return to campus two weeks ago, excitement was high among the student body over going back to a normal–or at least more normal–way of life.  Unfortunately, the...

What’s next for UD?

Twenty years ago, as a member of the class of 1991, I attended an alumni event in Houston where the new president of the University of Dallas, Monsignor Milam Joseph, addressed issues with the...

Putting to bed the anti-barefoot hysteria

“Humans are not Hobbits” — This I agree with, but I disagree with the reflection that was printed on Nov. 16 claiming barefootedness as objectively unacceptable. It is my intention to prove...

Core Decorum: honesty

The great Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky writes in “The Brothers Karamazov” that “the man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish...

Rome semester retains its value to students despite COVID-19

The Rome Program, a cherished experience for the vast majority of University of Dallas students, is the main draw for many prospective students; upon becoming a freshman, this semester is eagerly awaited. 

Strength without stereotypes: “toxic masculinity” response

According to the American Psychological Association, toxic masculinity can be identified as suppression of emotions, maintaining an appearance of hardness and violence as an indicator of power. In other words, it’s “tough-guy”...

Remembering Supreme Court Justice RBG

On Sept. 18, the country was briefly united in mourning the loss of the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  Despite the politicization of her former office, many...