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What can cause several thousand Washington area residents to spend the better part of a sunny Saturday afternoon indoors for an event that often brings them to their feet cheering and stomping and having a rip-roaring good time? No, it doesn't involve the Redskins, the Terps, the Hoyas or anything remotely related to NASCAR.

Answer: Girl Scout Step Show! At the Trinity Center! Full Article

What would Julia think?

I found myself contemplating that question on the eve of Trinity's Founders Day as I sat in the Washington studios of Al Jazeera, the Arabic world television network, offering commentary on the Pope's visit to the United States. Al Jazeera Washington Bureau Chief Abderrahim Foukara smiled at me while speaking rapidly in Arabic. I smiled back, hoping that my eyes were not betraying my anxious effort to understand the English of the translator chattering through a wire in my right ear. "Why did the Pope come to the United States during the presidential election?" "What did George Bush hope to get out of his appearance with the Pope?" "Will this visit help or hurt Vatican-Muslim relations?"

What would Julia think? Full Article

Imagine for a minute that the Trinity community could have a kaffeklatsch with Pope Benedict when he's in town this week. (That strange looking word means "coffee and donuts and a discussion"…)

What would we want to discuss with the Pope?

Here are a few topics I'd like to discuss with him — and let me know yours!

1. How can the Catholic Church stop being co-opted by American political opportunists? Full Article

Last Friday, I had the privilege of sitting in on a focus group conducted by students in Dr. Shelley Tomkin's seminar on public opinion polling. What a great affirmation of Trinity's mission in women's leadership development! The students organized a highly disciplined and effective session in which other students, faculty and staff answered a series of questions about current politics. I will not go into the details here since the actual report will come from the class and I don't want to pre-empt their fine work. But I do want to share a few observations. Full Article

So, it's come to this. Pink baseball mitts for the female T-ball set. No dirty-boy-rawhide for these delicate creatures. My shopping cart screeched to a halt at Target this morning as I was prowling for detergent. The screaming display of pink baseball mitts and pink bats and pink balls and pink lacrosse sticks and other pink sports items gave new meaning to "Playing Like A Girl."

So, of course, I had to have one! I immediately purchased my own pink mitt. I've spent the rest of the morning pondering this very strange gender-bending item that now sits on my desk.

What does a pink baseball glove mean in this increasingly ridiculous pop culture? Full Article