Opinion
Make this Lent count
Friday, Feb. 6, 2015
Traditionally, Lent is a time of preparation for Christians, in imitation of the 40 days Christ spent fasting in the desert. But whether you're Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Buddhist, Atheist or none of the above, you should be giving something up for Lent this year. It's a good character builder and a practice in humility, a really underappreciated virtue around here.
Who's afraid of the big bad bus?
By
Austin Taliaferro
· Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015
I used to be terrified of riding public transportation. Yes, I was a child that grew up in a bubble. I lived a minute walk away from my private Catholic school in north Washington, D.C. My mother was a stay-at-home mum who could come at my beck-and-call. I can’t remember the number of times that she brought the lunch that I had forgotten to school, or came to pick me up when I had a really bad migraine. I lived a sheltered (dare I say spoiled) life, and nothing had destroyed that innocent little school child I was.
The Observer endorses Ricketts - Ruelas
By
The Observer Editorial Board
· Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015
Sunday afternoon, The Observer Editorial Board interviewed the candidates running for student body president and vice president: juniors Bryan Ricketts and Nidia Ruelas and sophomores Neil Joseph and Noemi Ventilla. After evaluating both tickets’ goals, clarity of communication, practicality of plans and overall organization, we endorse Ricketts and Ruelas.
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