education
Column: Education for Man
By Nathanael Check Staff Write It seems education in the United States is lacking, and to determine what it is lacking, one must decide what education’s purpose is. To those in positions of political authority, education is intended to prepare the individual for civic engagement. To many parents and students, an education serves the individual […]
Students visit new Steubenville college, discuss founders’ philosophy
By Mia Brounstein Editor-in-Chief Students majoring in Humanities and Catholic Culture visited St. Joseph the Worker College and learned about labor and culture from one of the college’s founders on Sept. 29 at the college on 3rd Street in Steubenville. Jacob Imam, a founder of the College who holds a doctorate from the University of […]
Dissenting: The well-formed mind knows all cultures
Tabitha Silva Guest Writer Adding world religion classes in public schools sounds appealing: educating children about other religions would aid them in becoming more diverse. It could help students understand the literature of the Bible. However, most writings on the subject opt for adding world religion classes in public schools while not embracing the concept […]
Assenting: The well-formed mind knows all cultures
Leo Brian Schafer Catholic Values Columnist The premise we are discussing today seems to have an obvious solution. Education, after all, is intended to be the communication of truth, and other religions — Islam, Judaism and Protestant denominations — are untrue. Why, then, should impressionable children be taught about other religions? All that would seem […]
North Dakota: humility on the mission field
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR Forty-five minutes from the Canadian border, winter conditions certainly aren’t ideal, not according to North Dakota mission’s own Clare Kennedy. “You go out in the middle of nowhere, it’s freezing cold, and it’s not what you’d expect for your spring break,” the senior nursing major said. Still, it’s nowhere near enough […]
Education department hosts speaker to explain effects of childhood trauma
MAGGIE PAWSEY STAFF WRITER Dr. Judith Romano educated students on how to help people dealing with the physical and psychological effects of childhood trauma in a presentation in the Gentile Gallery on Oct. 5. Romano, the national speaker on children’s issues and director of Wheeling Hospital’s Center for Pediatrics, spoke on Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs), […]