19 Apr, 2026
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Dumb Ox debate stirs up issue of modernization in the church

CHRISTOPHER DACANAY STAFF WRITER Opinions clashed over the state of the Catholic Church at the 14th Dumb Ox Debate Sunday night in the Gentile Gallery.  Drawing a hefty attendance of nearly 200, the debate’s motion stated, “This house believes that the crisis in the church is due to modernizing the church.”   First to speak was freshman Nate Lamansky, affirming the motion. Lamansky […]

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Online Franciscan community faces crisis of charity

ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER Students are saying that the Facebook group “Frannies Talk to Each Other,” has gone rogue. According to the group’s description, it exists so that, “All questions, comments, and concerns regarding dat franny lyfe (sic) may be placed here.” However, over the past semester, the group has increasingly featured heated arguments, […]

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Conservative Column: The dangers, reality of modernism

KATE CLARE CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST If I can leave you with one thought, it’s that our political life is failing because our communities and homes are failing. America’s bedrock principle, “one nation under God,” isn’t being treated as such. A Romanian economist insinuated that the destruction of the American economy is paralleling the destruction of the […]