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Archive: June 3, 2007 - June 9, 2007
Down the Aisle
Dear Strapping Young Man at the Bookstore, Thank you for running to open the door for me as you saw me walking toward Barnes and Noble’s oversized entrance. While you are of course aware that I can open my own...
By Elizabeth Tenety | June 7, 2007; 12:06 PM ET | Comments (4)
Wedded to Traditions
From the Washington Post: “Among Christians, Catholics are substantially less likely than Protestants to get divorced, according to a 2004 study by the Barna Group, a religious research organization. Among Catholics, it found, 25 percent have had a divorce, compared...
By Elizabeth Tenety | June 6, 2007; 1:48 PM ET | Comments (5)
The American Imam
In my Islamic World Studies class, we learned the reason for so many generalized stereotypes against Islam and Muslims. The decentralization of the religion, specifically in the majority Sunni Islam, makes it so hard to spread what Islam is really...
By Hafsa Arain | June 5, 2007; 10:12 AM ET | Comments (24)
The Girl Is Back in Town
I boomeranged. I packed up my fourteen bottles of shampoo, three hundred twenty four books and two thousand Hallmark note cards and drove to Lawn Guy-land, to move back into the humble suburbs from which I was expelled four short...
By Elizabeth Tenety | June 4, 2007; 9:58 AM ET | Comments (1)
Yale Graduation (Part I)
Yale graduates her students with the pomp of a Northern European, 15th century, Catholic university, in the circumstance of an American, 21st century, vaguely atheistic college and university. Senior Week, an ecumenical Baccalaureate Service, festive Class Day exercises, traditional Graduation...
By Michael Pomeranz | June 3, 2007; 3:07 AM ET | Comments (2)
