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The perils of "preferred peers"

On Catholic campuses that aspire to Top Ten or Top Twenty status in publicity sweepstakes like the "U.S. News and World Report" college rankings, one sometimes hears the phrase "preferred peers."

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Read Literature to Learn and Love the Truth

You do not read good books so that you can scramble up some tricksy you learn about the language and about what writers do, but because they are companions who will tell you what they have seen of the truth, and they tell you it in a way you will not soon forget.

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Why College?

There are many reasons given for higher education, but how many of them take seriously ultimate questions and the permanent things? 

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Character-based sex education

Human beings, given the right support, tend to rise to meet high expectations. Chastity is difficult, but so is most of what is truly worthwhile in life. It is time for all of us, schools and parents, to raise the bar.

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