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Romero’s Legacy of Liberation Call and Challenge

by: Dawn Hunter - printed on 11-15-2000

Within the Catholic Church, a new approach to theology has blossomed during the second half of the twentieth century. This theology is now known throughout the world as the theology of liberation.

This theology is astonishing because its deepest insights did not spring from the minds of scholars in Europe, but rather from small communities of the poorest and least literate men and women in Latin America.

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Setting up and making Me, Inc. work for you

by: Meighan Doherty - printed on 11-07-2001

I have discovered a disturbing trend among seniors here at UP: we have no idea what we want to do next year! When we were seniors in high school the decision for us was simpler - college or a job. Now we must decide what our four years here on the bluff have prepared us to do with our lives. Sure we say we are a nursing/business/biology/social work/theology/theatre or whatever major. But what does that mean for our lives? If you haven?t noticed, the economy and the job market are pretty darn pathetic right now.

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Spain struggles to close economic gap in a changing Europe

by: Hank Smith - printed on 01-31-2001

The final descent of my flight from Atlanta to Madrid was an amazing stress reliever. Gone were the common annoyances of any flight: the crying babies, the tiny seats, the airplane food. In their place grew my excitement for what was to come. Finally I had arrived in the land of Don Quixote, of bullfighting, the land of passion described by Hemingway. I stared out my window at the land below. Olive trees!

I spent my first week in Madrid with friends in Moncloa, a trendy, university-dominated neighborhood, experiencing the young, exuberant culture of a country catching up after 40 years of a repressive dictatorship.

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Foriegn policy goes fishing

by: Ryan O'Connor - printed on 04-25-2001

If ever the United States of America has needed a clear set of foreign policy objectives, it is now. As the world witnessed in Quebec last week, many citizens of the world are not sold on the benefits of free trade. Conversely, we also saw that most oft he Western Hemisphere’s political leaders are. In many respects, there seems to be little doubt than an integrated hemispheric (and eventually world) economy with few trade barriers will be the result of the increasing power and prevalence of multi-national corporations, non-governmental organizations, and inter-governmental organizations.

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Government denies Umatilla disaster

by: Isaac Vanderburg - printed on 04-10-2002

Suddenly, Tony Kimball was choking to death.

A split second earlier he had been seated on a toolbox, reaching for the instrument tray while his coworkers hammered, welded and grinded through steel, cement and iron. But all the while a silent predator was stalking and, when it attacked, it came from everywhere, hushing the construction sight in a moment and arresting Kimball's hand in mid-reach.

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What exactly is the meaning of the mystical word 'mantra'?

by: Kelly Maggi - printed on 10-24-2001

Since the debut of this column two months ago, readers have brought one question to me repeatedly: “What in the world is a mantra???” I hope that this will answer your question.

The Modern Mantra:

I use modern mantra in this column. A modern mantra consists of a simple phrase or a couple of words that are meant to help one get through the day or a particular situation. You probably already use these without knowing it.

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