Core Decorum: greatness

Throughout one’s childhood in modern America, there is one thing that most children are sure to have heard in one form or another: “You’re meant for great things. You can do anything...

How necessary are open house hours at UD?

Thinking back to my freshman year, I remember how much I resented open house hours.  There is nothing quite like chilling with your friends after a long Tuesday in...

To the class of 2023:

To the Class of 2023, and to each new student — once more, welcome. By now, you’ve likely eaten in the Café and studied in the Cap Bar or Cowan-Blakely Memorial Library....

Returning to campus can be scary, and that’s a good thing

It’s here again.  That time of the year has come once more — when herds of freshmen can be seen dutifully following their orientation schedules, when student leaders and...

Campus leggings: the argument for

What you wear is between you and your wardrobe. Recently, the mother of a University of Notre Dame student wrote an article to the university’s paper in which...

Campus leggings: the argument against

Those who argue against women wearing revealing clothing, like leggings, are not pushing beliefs that restrict women, but rather free them from the grip of an overly-sexualized clothing industry and culture.

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...

Hope for our next pitch at UD

This time of year, if you head out for a walk around 7:30 p.m., cross Tom Braniff Drive and look to the west, you can enjoy the Texas sunset outlining the Tower....

The bells! Can you hear them?

When tragedy strikes, the best of us open up our hearts and minds, kneel and, listen for guidance instead of immediately searching for someone to blame or spinning the tragedy so as...

Preserving free speech on college campuses

Free speech on college campuses like our own has been threatened by a culture of intolerance, and the measures being taken by our state and federal government are essential in preserving our...

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...

Adjusting our attitude toward academic accommodations

Every day, University of Dallas students pass through the doorway of Braniff 114, walk past the politics and economics tutors and enter a room with a clock that runs just a couple...

Core Decorum

All human beings struggle with various personal and moral problems throughout their lives. One thing that most people share and have had in common since the beginning is a problem with balancing...

Fighting hate with faith and reason

Recent events have demonstrated that the type of hatred that inspires mass shootings can grow anywhere, even in communities like ours. On Friday March 15, in Christchurch, New...

Missing the mark: UD critics

A good liberal arts college naturally encourages debate, and at the University of Dallas, a regular subject of debate is the Church of the Incarnation. Among our community of university students and alumni is...