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Brophy Earthquake Relief Fund should help Chile

As I was watching the Spanish news on TV recently, I saw with my own eyes the devastation the people in Haiti suffered after the earthquake on Jan. 12.

Similarly, I saw the news of the disastrous earthquake in Chile on Feb. 27 and realized that there is a need to help a fellow American country.

According to The New York Times, the first Chilean earthquake on Feb. 27 was at an 8.8 magnitude on the Richter scale. CNN stated about subsequent quakes on Mar. 15 and 16, “A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit at 11:39 a.m. local time (9:39 a.m. ET), followed by a 6.7-magnitude quake 16 minutes later, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. A third, measured at magnitude 6.0, came 27 minutes later.”

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Has health care message been lost in partisan rhetoric?

Over the past year we as Americans have been engaged in a battle over the issue of whether giving healthcare to all people is appropriate.

Never before in my lifetime has our country been so vocal on their thoughts, opinions and ideas about one single piece of legislation.

I really wonder if our country didn’t have the stability we have would we be in a full on civil war between liberals and conservatives?

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What do you think about the new health care bill?

What are your thoughts on the new health care bill President Barack Obama recently signed into law?

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Hipsters blinded by irony in ‘indie’ lifestyle, trends

The modern hipster is considered “indie” or individual.

This trend stems from indie/underground music scenes and other anti-establishment movements.

The indie music trend has been around for decades but has resurfaced with more girth in this decade.

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Republicans, Sen. Scott Brown win battle but not war

U.S. Sen. Scott Brown was sworn in on the floor of the Senate by Vice President Joe Biden Feb. 4.

Jan. 19 was the day that Senator Brown became the first Republican senator from Massachusetts since 1972.

He announced his intentions to fill the slot of the late Ted Kennedy on Sept. 12, 2008, which was coincidentally his 50th birthday.

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As the earth stops shaking, relief efforts begin

For the last several weeks eight people stood abreast with the The Crown of Thorns statue in the Brophy Mall.

Eight faces, some half-hidden by bandages, stared from glossy pictures with tired and tearful eyes and hungry mouths.

Since Jan. 28, many students, parents and faculty members volunteered in one hour shifts to stand in solidarity with these and all the people of Haiti after the earthquake on Jan. 12.

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New decade ushers in new ideas, hopes—perhaps

Who can forget 2009?

For that matter who can forget the last decade?

Terrorist attacks, anthrax scares, wars, economic downturns, natural disasters and the promise of hope made the 2000s turbulent to say the least, with more ups and downs than anyone could have imagined.

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Student needs to consider the world at large

The first time I ever heard of Haiti was back in 2008 in Mr. JP Jarcyzk’s Gospels in Actions class.

As part of the curriculum we read Tracy Kidder’s “Mountain Beyond Mountains,” which highlighted the poverty and economic inequality of Haiti.

It discussed the work of Dr. Paul Farmer, who was trying to give Haitians basic medical supplies to improve their quality of life.

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Physical contact test of alpha male dominance

Over the course of several weeks recently, I undertook a new kind of journalistic safari: I took the liberty of recording every wrestling match in the Info Commons, every grappling match at the choke point between the gym and Keating Hall and every boxing match in classrooms.

A bit of a disclaimer: I am most certainly not a stalker.

It bears mentioning, however, that the purpose of this archiving spree was not to record the many different ways in which Brophy students care to physically interact with each other. To be honest, I didn’t begin my strange high school safari with the sentiment that I’d be hard-pressed to find subject material (although I ended up being correct).

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X-mas spirit, message should be ‘eXchange-mas’

The Christmas season brings with it many things: lights, trees, food, smells, traditions, highly decorated malls and stores with Christmas sales.

It also brings controversy about many of these things. The commercialization of Christmas has become rampant, and it is a good thing.

The hullabaloo that emerges is rather absurd. People begin asking us to remember “the reason for the season,” as there are others who wish for it to be referred to as “X-mas” when not in reference to Christ’s birth.
However, the most important effect that commercialization has is it takes the focus off of Christianity, and places it elsewhere.

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