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Marriage: A Forgotten Virtue

Last night, I attended True Love Revolution's event Will You Marry Me? Restoring a Culture of Marriage. Patrick Fagan, the speaker, revealed some frightening statistics: Only 45% of children grow up to age 18 with both parents together. Children of divorced or never-married mothers are six

04.20.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge

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Seek Ye First

Seek Ye First

With midterms and papers galore this week, it is easy to lose sight of the most important things in life: our Father in heaven and His son's sacrifice for us. It seems to makes sense when we're overwhelmed with work to put our faith on the back burner. I have told myself: I know I should serve

03.23.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge

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God and the Texas School Board

God and the Texas School Board

Russell Shorto's article "How Christian Were the Founders?", a piece discussing the religious revisions being made to textbooks by the Texas school board, has hovered in the New York Times' "Top 10 Most E-Mailed" article list for the last week or so. It is an investigative report of the Texas School

03.4.2010| The Fish Tank | Chelsea Carlson

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The Important Tests

I remember it like it was yesterday. I had just gotten my first exam back from Chem 5, and I was terrified to look at the grade. I knew I had not done well; following my high school habit, I had only prepared for the exam the day before. That turned out to be a huge mistake. I looked at my score in

04.1.2006| Last Things, Volume 2, Issue 2 | Chiduzie Madubata

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Jesus Walks With Me

College Dropout. By Kanye West. Roc-A-Fella Records, 2004. In his debut album The College Dropout, Kanye West lays down prophecy about shallow American materialism and still-entrenched racism with one breath and “sets the party off righ

11.1.2004| Books and Arts, Volume 1, Issue 2 | Jacob Bryant

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