Posted on 12/01/2005 12:06:44 PM PST by rightinthemiddle
Last week I was doing some reporting on one of the feature pieces in this issue- an interview with Dr. Daniel Maguire.
For anyone not familiar with Maguire, he is a Theology professor here at Marquette who has gained a reputation as quite an outspoken fellow. An ex-Jesuit, Maguire now claims to derive inspiration from a number of world religions and insists Jesus did not come into this world to serve in Christians’ atonement.
(Without stealing Maguire’s mantra, I will just say that he and I differ on almost every issue and tangent addressed in the 45-minute interview.)
But at the end of the interview, Maguire said something that startled me, because it was something with which I agreed. In far more words than this space can host, he alluded to people who do not realize their positive skill level or potential because they are blinded by societal stereotypes.
This seems to be a recurring theme on campus.
Some students will settle for mediocrity, because they are meeting the “normal expectations” and do not realize they could possibly achieve more. They will not try to gain entry to a higher level course; they will not generate change within their student organizations; they will settle for the “college student” stereotype that everybody else sets.
Perhaps what strikes me the most are students who do not believe they have anything valuable to say. They cannot speak up in class or they do not find a forum in which they can release their concerns about the university.
(Excerpt) Read more at thewarrior.org ...
These kids are fighting the good fight at, what is becoming, one of the most liberal campuses in the country. They can make a difference.
ping for a read...new issue of The Warrior.
There is no such thing as an ex Jesuit, as in ex Marine. If this is a Conservative paper, the story made no sense, I wish you well in promoting the good cause.
You didn't take the time to read it.
So be it. Fly on.
"Conservative" enough for you??
FROM THE WARRIOR:
MU’s “dishonoring” of veterans, b-ball game enthusiasm and student input
Written by Daniel Suhr
Wednesday, 30 November 2005
Gotta love those draft dodgers and hippie protestors.
Liberals are more than happy to eviscerate President Bush for his service in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War, for instance “never served a day in uniform in his life” movie maker Michael Moore calling the President a “deserter.”
But these same liberals also love nothing more than praising those who “stood up” to “the Man” by burning their draft cards.
Take, for instance, our very own Marquette Department of Performing Arts.
During this week’s Art, Faith & Social Justice conference, MU is putting on a performance of The Trial of the Cantonsville Nine.
The title prompts an obvious question: Who were the Cantonsville Nine and what law did they break to deserve arrest and prosecution?
According to the description of the play on Marquette’s Web site, “On May 17, 1968, Father Daniel Berrigan [S.J.], along with eight other protesters in Baltimore, entered a draft board office, removed the draft files of young men about to be sent to Vietnam, and burned them using homemade napalm, a weapon commonly used on civilians in Vietnam by U.S. forces.”
Well, isn’t that special.
Go into the local office of the U.S. Military, crack open a filing cabinet and haul out your explosives. That’s really protesting in the Catholic spirit of civil disobedience.
The Web site description further details that, “The Trial of the Cantonsville Nine explores the motives behind the protestors’ actions as they state their case for individual responsibility and taking personal action.”
Originally, Fr. Berrigan failed to take any responsibility for his act. He was arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced to three years in jail for his stunt at the Customs House.
Yet in his own words, “I have refused to submit to arrest and imprisonment after conviction for draft file destruction...” Instead, he went underground for ten months before the FBI found him and made him serve his sentence. That’s really “taking responsibility” for your individual actions...
Jesus had no idea of dying for the sins of the world. He looked for the kingdom of God, but the church arrived instead.--The Resurrection of Christ, A Historical Inquiry, 2004 pp 239
Ping.
The tribunal, peoples court, that destroyed my mothers hopes, was stacked with priestly gutlessness, the State education I received afterwords served me well.
Just think I could have been a typical Mass Pol.
"Conservative" enough for you??
YOWZA!
BUMP
thanks for the ping.
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