Letters from the Editors
Kate Frediani, Editor-in-Chief
In July 2019, sitting in the kitchen of my parents’ house, I stumbled across the Instagram page of, formerly, The University News. There was a post...
Embracing the present moment
A couple of weeks ago I was sitting with a friend who was sharing Rome advice with me over mid-afternoon Cap Bar drinks. Midway through our conversation, she mentioned the importance of...
Exploring Catholic justifications of capital punishment
Capital punishment, otherwise known as the death penalty, has long been an issue contested amongst Catholics.
The Catechism definitively states that the death penalty is "inadmissible because it is...
Why Catholics can — and should — be pro-capital punishment
What follows is a brief list of reasons why Catholics can and should support the death penalty.
St. Thomas Aquinas condones the death penalty. Aquinas’ main argument is that...
Golden mean, not middle ground
Emily Dietrich, in her March 22 commentary “Hardly any middle ground: the UD dating phenomenon,” tries to provide an explanation for her fruitless freshman year relationship by inquiring: “Why is UD dating...
Joyous Trembling: The intertwined mysteries of the resurrection and the human person
One of my favorite moments of the entire year is the Gloria at the Easter Vigil. As brass or bells fulfill the Exsultet’s command, “Let this holy building shake with joy,” the...
A paschal prayer
“Christ is…”
In the dead of night, an enthusiastic pastor waits at the pulpit for his somewhat less enthusiastic congregation to respond “risen.”
“Christ is…”
Rejoicing in the crowd
“What do you think must be chiefly avoided by you, you ask? The crowd.” Thus opens Seneca the Younger’s seventh letter to his philosophical protégé Lucilius. A Stoic worldview underlies his laconic...
Redefining a “highly successful” woman
A recent commentary article about the dating culture at the University of Dallas, published on March 22, made some pointed claims about the interests, aspirations and desires of many UD students, especially...
Human dignity and why people of goodwill should care about the war in Ukraine
At the University of Dallas, we care about truth, justice and the dignity of the human person. While we are a Catholic university, our community consists not only of Roman Catholics, but...
The multiple avenues of being pro-life
When many people think of the pro-life movement, the first thing that comes to mind is being anti-abortion. Although this is certainly a large part of the movement, as Catholics we are...
Life is worth living!
“No limits to my freedom can be found except freedom itself” are the famous words of Jean-Paul Sartre. The purpose of life, according to such a mantra, escapes universal definition; it is...
Hardly any middle ground: The UD dating culture phenomenon
Dating culture at the University of Dallas: where do I even begin? I hear mostly negative things about it, and as someone who experienced it during their entire freshman year, I can...
A language professor’s take on the n-word
Reports of the n-word being used on our campus have prompted me, a language professor, to reflect on how we choose to use language at the University of Dallas, how language study...
Seven reasons why UD Catholics should support Ukraine
1. UD Catholics should care about just wars. And if ever there was a just war, Ukraine is fighting one now. Russia invaded Ukraine, a sovereign country, and is currently brutalizing that...