Today I went to class – and it certainly felt like my first day of college. I can’t find the classroom at first, so arrive late. My travel mug is leaking. (Can you bring tea to class?) By the time…
All in a Global Day
An American, a Finn and an Iranian walk into a bar … well, maybe not a bar exactly. And this isn’t a joke, either. Just a note that begins with last night’s tennis game with these three friends, myself as the…
Rooted in Faith
Our New Year’s greeting to our readers traditionally takes the form of a reflection from one member of the campus community. It’s always interesting to see the tack they take, and the form they choose varies from year to year,…
Of a Retiring Nature
Favorite alumni note in our upcoming issue: 1974 Richard Rech is newly retired and living in The Villages, Fla. He says, “It’s like Disneyland for adults.” Not too much, not too little: The story’s all there. And so real! We love…
A for Abbot, C for College
Our popular Ask the Abbot feature garners lots of questions and occasionally prompts its own answers, too, with rich material that augments the fictional Abbot’s own responses. In last month’s @St. Norbert, Jerome Moscinski ’63 asked the Abbot why St.…
As Assigned
This artefact from the history of a young writer is just one of many delightful surprises that has shown up in our office since I first connected with Breanna Mekuly ’09 earlier this summer. Breanna’s name first cropped up when I asked the…
