May 29, 2007 - Sam wouldn’t know how it feels. Neither would John, Nino, or Tony. Clarence should know from related experiences — but Clarence seems to be in denial about a lot of issues. I know how it feels. “It” is sex discrimination… Continue reading →
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May 29, 2007 - Sunday, May 27, was the 100th birthday of a true American icon, someone Time magazine called one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th Century. Rachel Carson… was an environmental activist long before the “green movement” became popular. Continue reading →
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May 28, 2007 - … Today we remember all of the men and women who gave their lives in defense of this nation. More than 3400 American troops have died in the Iraq War, more than 100 just this month. We remember them, and the Continue reading →
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May 22, 2007 - If Queen Elizabeth’s recent visit left some Tory descendants wondering what life on this side of the pond would have been like if things went the other way on that bridge… between Lexington and Concord, look no further than the Continue reading →
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May 22, 2007 - My friend Mt. Holyoke College President Joanne V. Creighton wrote a great op-ed piece entitled “Why We Need Women’s Colleges” in yesterday’s Boston Globe on the value of women’s colleges. You can read it by clicking here…. President Creighton Continue reading →
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May 20, 2007 - As I write, several thousand members of families and friends of Trinity’s Class of 2007 are gathering on the lawn outside of my window — I just went out to do the sound check and they are already cheering! The… Continue reading →
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May 16, 2007 - Yesterday, a Brazilian jury convicted Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura of ordering the contract assassination of Sister Dorothy Stang, SND in the Amazon rainforest in 2005. He received the maximum penalty… of 30 years in prison. According to Sr. Joan Burke, Continue reading →
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May 12, 2007 - …As we being the great season of Commencement and Reunion, I am thinking about so many current students as well as alumnae who truly exemplify the mission of Trinity — our timeless values of intellectual excellence and women’s achievement, the Continue reading →
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May 5, 2007 - Following are my remarks from today’s Memorial Mass for Jean C. Willke: Stewardship is a rare concept in American life — an idea that expresses a profound sense of responsibility for the integrity and vitality of our assets and resources,… Continue reading →
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May 3, 2007 - …At the end of March, one of Trinity’s legendary academic leaders died. Dr. Jean C. Willke, professor of History, former academic dean, former vice president for Academic Affairs, retired from Trinity in 1994, but her influence continues to be strong Continue reading →
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