For some reason, the alarm testing has continued
Following week-long alarm testing and a bustling gameday, 7th Ward residents wonder how their neighborhood may be impacted by the opening of Northwestern University’s Ryan Field.
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Reported by Habiba Affo and Claire Coffey dailynorthwestern.com/2026/1…
As someone born in Nebraska, this doesn’t surprise me at all
Nebraska has already sold seven used urinal troughs from Memorial Stadium
Via Athletic
nytimes.com/athletic/7664620…
One of the best things about college football is the Texas A&M police blotter on game day
Public Intoxication. Responded to a report of intoxicated subject in Section 233. Given several opportunities to call a friend but subject said he had "nothing to say." Arrested. BAC .216. #BTHOmissouristate
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It's hard to know what to make of the Vice President's bizarre, almost nonsensical, comments here. It sounds like he is equating the use of these "hideous signs" to an alternative version of the Nicene Creed.
A little background: The Nicene Creed, formulated by the Council of Nicaea in AD 325, is an essential profession of faith used by the Catholic Church (among other churches). It is also the familiar creedal formula spoken by Catholics during Sunday Masses: "I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth..." It's a statement of belief, mainly about the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It obviously doesn't talk about "hideous signs" welcoming people.
However, the Nicene Creed does affirm belief in the church as "one, holy, catholic and apostolic." (These are the four traditional "marks" of the church.) This means, among other things, believing that the church comes to us directly from the apostles (it's "apostolic"). Thus, it derives its authority not only from Jesus Christ, but also through the "apostolic succession," an authority passed down from the apostles in the early church to the Pope and to the bishops today.
It's ironic, then, that the Vice President is mocking things like love and the church's teaching on migrants in the same breath that he is professing his faith through the words of the Creed, which includes belief in authority of the church. Because this "one, holy, catholic and apostolic" church has long proclaimed the Gospel message of love and care for the stranger, which Jesus himself preached during his public ministry.
So a butchering of the Creed would mean, in fact, not listening to the church's teaching on these matters and, even worse, not listening to Jesus's own teaching on love and loving the stranger.
Because, in the words of the Creed, we also believe in "one Lord, Jesus Christ."
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NEW: Pope Leo XIV says that the Catholic Church’s teaching on sexual ethics must be less prioritized over “greater, more important issues.”
“We tend to think that when the Church is talking about morality, that the only issue of morality is sexual. And in reality, I believe there are much greater, more important issues, such as justice, equality, freedom of men and women, freedom of religion, that would all take priority before that particular issue.”
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Pope Leo XIV at the Stations of the Cross: "Every person in authority will have to answer to God for the way they exercise their power." Jesus says. "Whatever you do to another human being, especially to the small and vulnerable, you do unto me. And it is to me that you will one day give an account."
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Exactly
"You can't claim to be the face of the game and then walk off when things don't go your way. These players deserve the spotlight, not a sideline circus."- @MuffetMcGraw
💙💛
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"I wish that my father had lived to see this day. He was an extraordinary man who came to the United States as a young child and overcame many difficulties and made many sacrifices so that my sister and I would have opportunities that he did not enjoy"
- Samuel Alito 10-31-2005
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“A real war with real death and real suffering being treated like it’s a video game—it’s sickening,” Cardinal Blase Cupich said.
americamagazine.org/politics…
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Pope Leo XIV’s Vatican newspaper is the only publication in the Western world to run the photograph of 150 Iranian girls' graves — killed in President Trump's military strikes — on its front page.
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Today was an important day for the opposition movement. The law firms that stood up against Donald Trump threats won.
Those that capitulated and collaborated with Trump will need to explain to future generations why, when democracy was at stake, they were such cowards.
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A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children, about the untruthful conspiracy video President Trump shared yesterday:
If only she followed that philosophy on the bench
Spot on: Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Bishop Robert Barron discuss Justice Antonin Scalia’s philosophy that “the judge who always likes the results he reaches is a bad judge”:
“The Constitution is our highest law. It’s a ratified document. If I read into it what my preferences are, rather than interpreting what it says, I’m not being a judge.”
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I would like us to remember the Lord’s words: “Truly, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me” (Mt 25:40). It is truly so! If we concretely love those who are hungry and thirsty, those without clothing, those who are sick, strangers, or prisoners, then we are loving the Lord.
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Giving into the bully never works. He always comes back for more.
NEW and BREAKING: Northwestern and White House are close on a deal to end Trump admin's months long pressure campaign. Under potential terms, Northwestern would pay fed govt $75,000,000, second highest for a university. nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/po…
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If these priests were being manhandled, assauled, arrested like this by the Biden administration while protesting outside abortion clinics, you what the reaction from the right would look like.
But, hey, it's about refugees and migrants so crickets from the pro-Christian right.
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When 35-year-old republicans got caught supporting Hitler in a group chat, JD Vance called them “kids.”
When 15 year old children get sexually abused by the president and his pals, they called them “young women.”
This is your republican party, Family Values and all
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This stunt is projected to cost taxpayers $2 billion. That’s twice as much as what we spend on veteran suicide prevention. Priorities.
