Stories from the current online edition of Gonzaga Witness. en-us http://www.gonzagawitness.com Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Sat, 03 May 2008 19:12:21 GMT 20 http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Features/Jesuits-3363291.shtml Early this year, His Holiness Benedict XVI addressed a letter to the Jesuit congregation gathered in Rome to elect a new superior general. In it the pope emphasized the importance of a full adherence to Catholic teaching, encouraging the Jesuits "to promote true and healthy Catholic doctrine." Calling fidelity to the Church "a distinctive sign of [the Jesuit] Order," the pope spoke of the need of "transmitting in an integral manner to our contemporaries - distracted by many discordant voices - the unique and immutable message of salvation which is the Gospel, 'not as the word of men, but as it truly is, as the word of God,' which works in those who believe." 25da9496-bd0c-4209-94d9-8cecc791ac22 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Features 4/16/08 The People the World Needs Most Anthony Tardiff http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Features/ Other http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Features/Thank.You.Gu-3334980.shtml As graduation approaches, the seniors at Gonzaga have a chance to look back on their experience and realize what they're thankful for from their time at GU. Here some of the things that meant the most to seniors at GU... 30e66aab-f114-442b-82fe-046aacbffbd3 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Features 4/16/08 Senior Perspectives Colleen Dawson http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Features/ Other http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Features/Walking.Across.America-3334987.shtml There are many different ways to travel from the West Coast to Washington DC. One could take a plane, which would take about a day. One could take a bus or a train, which would probably take about a week. One could drive, which can be done in about three days, or one could walk. 3d204eee-f6ff-418d-8c7f-5000a0348e50 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Features 4/16/08 The Story Behind Crossroads Curt Seidel http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Features/ Other http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Faith/Learning.To.Love-3335035.shtml I write this while I'm sitting in a hospital room next to one of my best friends, my mom-she's receiving her second of six chemo treatments. The pump next to me makes repetitive infusion noises- ne-ne-nahhhh, followed by a click- over and over again. Nurses walk busily down the halls, rushing to and from patients' rooms where beeps sound in an awkward symphony. 8823c0a3-a2d4-4fbb-9add-731532222186 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Faith 4/16/08 Overcoming Suffering Beth Hanson http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper809/thumbs/t_288qp4r0.jpg http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Faith/ Other http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Faith/A.House.Built.On.A.Rock-3334997.shtml "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 06ed67d5-188b-4e2c-a2b2-92e33ce7bc2a Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Faith 4/16/08 Why Do We Need the Catholic Church? Chris Sparks Staff Writer http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Faith/ Other http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/LetterFromTheEditor/To.The.Gonzaga.Jesuit.Community-3363292.shtml 89f2dd3d-76da-4627-a7dc-a9ed81923e18 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Letter From the Editor 4/16/08 Jamie Gruber Publisher http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/LetterFromTheEditor/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/LetterFromTheEditor/April.Showers.Bring.May.Flowers-3334999.shtml "April Showers Bring May Flowers," isn't this often how we feel? We are bogged down academically, physically, spiritually, socially in this hectic time of the year. Graduation approaches for many of our seniors. End-of-the-year assignments seem to pile up on our desks and fill our planners. 7c22938e-459f-4a1a-be7b-3df2fe8ceb11 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Letter From the Editor 4/16/08 Autumn Jones Editor in Chief http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/LetterFromTheEditor/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Opinion/My.Gonzaga-3334994.shtml There is a transition experienced each year across this country by thousands upon thousands of people. It is something that will inevitably occur to anyone who first enters through the doors of university. And it is, ironically, a truth little pondered by the average undergrad. 58f6d549-99d9-49cf-b508-03affa9ae211 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 4/16/08 When Graduates Say Goodbye Spencer Hutchins http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Opinion/The-Challenge.For.Jesuit.Universities-3334998.shtml Jesuit universities in America are struggling when it comes to the role their Catholic identity should play in university life. This crisis is widespread and can be seen at practically every Jesuit university in the nation. For many years, there has been a strong trend towards secularism in higher education, and Jesuit universities including Gonzaga are no exception in this regard. 0d59d9bd-ecf3-4f67-b428-4594190ac136 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 4/16/08 Resisting the March of Secularism Peter Oven Webmaster http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Opinion/The-Quality.And.Diversity.Of.Christian.Music-3335003.shtml Christian music has always received a bad wrap for being superficial, while its writers are panned as talentless. This assumption is unfair. Although at times it is not wholly unfounded. ba344526-6fb6-4678-bf37-a9447cd6e9ba Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 4/16/08 Brandon Garnreiter Photography Editor http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Art/3B5E8B5B-36FF-4400-9476-3AE226487B10.shtml "Young people can have the hope of a great and fully satisfying love; the hope of a certain position in their profession, or of some success that will prove decisive for the rest of their lives. When these hopes are fulfilled, however, it becomes clear that they were not, in reality, the whole. 3b5e8b5b-36ff-4400-9476-3ae226487b10 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT Art 4/16/08 Pope Benedict XVI http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper809/thumbs/t_57li6v81.jpg http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/Art/ Arts/Entertainment http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/TheBackpage/The-Oddities.Of.Confession-3335008.shtml Going to confession is awkward. It's incredibly awkward. Every time I plan to go on a Saturday I hope that something comes up that will prevent me from following through. I mean, clearly God would understand that I must watch this basketball game that just happens to have entered its second overtime. Next thing you know…whoops, look at the time! Father has gone on home, and I guess I'll have to wait another week. 7f571108-29ad-43bf-b081-b7e475de7678 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT The Backpage 4/16/08 Peter Halloran http://www.gonzagawitness.com/news/2008/04/16/TheBackpage/ Other