http://www.trinitydc.edu/offices/president/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 11 May 2008 23:02:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Are you ready?  Looks like the Red Class of 2008 (above) is already rockin'! Seniors, to get pumped, just put on those mortarboards and click on this link for a little "Pomp and Circumstance" while you practice accepting your diploma... 27097_graduation-pomp-and-circumstance.mp3 Commencement Day is Sunday, May 18, and already the excitement is ... http://www.trinitydc.edu/offices/president/blog/index.php/2008/05/11/prelude-to-pomp-and-circumstance/ $124. That's the price of a barrel of oil today. In 2004 we gasped when the price of oil hit $50 a barrel, then considered to be a great psychological barrier. In summer 2007 we coped with $3-a-gallon gasoline as http://www.trinitydc.edu/offices/president/blog/index.php/2008/05/07/124and-counting/ Many people --- pundits, politicians, people who like to prophesize --- have declared that the protracted Democratic primary season is a potential disaster. Calls for Hillary Clinton to quit the race bounce around the blogosphere as pollsters eagerly quiz Barack Obama's supporters about whether they will stick with ... http://www.trinitydc.edu/offices/president/blog/index.php/2008/05/04/triumphant-democracy/ It's been two weeks already since Pope Benedict's visit, so some postgame analysis now seems in order. Starting with the red shoes. Did you see them? I got a close look during his meeting with the college presidents, see above. Fab. A far cry ... http://www.trinitydc.edu/offices/president/blog/index.php/2008/05/02/the-red-shoes-of-the-fisherman/ Only history will be able to tell us if Reverend Jeremiah Wright is an important figure in the 2008 presidential election or a footnote to a very strange primary season. What we know right now is that he has managed to darken the once-golden air around Barack Obama with ... http://www.trinitydc.edu/offices/president/blog/index.php/2008/04/30/wright-wrong-right/ 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 ... http://www.trinitydc.edu/offices/president/blog/index.php/2008/04/27/stepping-to-success/ Alumnae leadership is a Trinity hallmark across all generations of Trinity Women. At this week's Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society induction for Political Science majors, Paula Lettice, Class of 1971, continued the grand tradition of extending our "Old Girls' Network" to the latest generation of Trinity leaders. While ... http://www.trinitydc.edu/offices/president/blog/index.php/2008/04/24/leadership-across-generations/ 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 ... http://www.trinitydc.edu/offices/president/blog/index.php/2008/04/21/trinitys-fearless-founders/ As a fitting end to this past week's intense focus on religion and faith in modern life, I joined a wonderful group of friends for Seder on the first night of Passover on Saturday. This group of Jewish and Christian friends --- in our secular lives we are ... http://www.trinitydc.edu/offices/president/blog/index.php/2008/04/20/warsaw-65-passover-remembrance/ Pope Benedict surprised and delighted a lot of people today. After his Mass at Nationals Stadium, he met privately with several victims of clergy sex abuse, a move that surprised many but a gesture consistent with a theme of repentance and reconciliation he tackled head-on at the start of ... http://www.trinitydc.edu/offices/president/blog/index.php/2008/04/17/apostolate-of-hope/