Archive for the 'International News' Category

Ave Maria

20Sep09

This evening at mass I took the body of Christ in my hands and I realized how blessed I am to be able to receive him without fear of harm to myself or my family.  I was remarking to a friend that it is sad that I can go to mass [...]


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Operation Liberation

14Sep09

While wearing hejeb varies from woman to woman, I found this to be beautiful, because whatever the reason you wear hejeb it should be because you are free to, not because you are scared. http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/fashion-in-iraq/  
If you have not explored poetryinternationalweb.org, then you must look. It is a non profit organization that unites poets from around [...]


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“we’ll still have the summer after all”

25Jun09

My ringtone for the summer has been Lady Gaga’s  ”Summerboy” for obvious reasons that I do not wish to disclose, it may involve a person of the male species.  I have been laptopless for the past two months since I disabled mine the week before finals, let us just say that binder clips and lcd [...]


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Peace

11Aug08

One word. Has it ever occurred to you that the hardest actions we strive to achieve in our life are summed up in single words.  Peace.  For some people this word is taken for granted and for others it is a daily prayer, and still others will stare at you with clouded eyes filled with [...]


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