Commencement Speaker
CUA Year in Review
The countdown has finally begun, senioritis is no longer incurable and summer is so close that you can practically taste it. As another year has come and gone however, we cannot forget the events that shaped 2008-2009 at CUA. August The University welcomed the largest class in its history with more than 900 students in the class of 2012. It was the third consecutive year for a record freshmen enrollment. The Office of Admissions had been focusing on retention rates and studied which applicants would be most likely to stay for all four years in order to make their decision on admitted students. The University announced that within the next few years, three residence halls on South campus-Conaty Hall, Spellman Hall and Spalding Hall-will... [Read more...]
Elections
Cardinals Gather to Raise Funds for CUA Scholarships: Annual Dinner Takes Place in Houston
The University raised nearly $1.4 million from the American Cardinals Dinner which was held on April 24 in Houston falling short of last year’s total. The American Cardinals Dinner, started in 1989 to help raise funds for University students in need of financial aid, raised $1.5 million last year, $1.2 million in 2007 and $1 million in 2006. Ten University students who are members of the President’s Society attended the event. According to Amanda Cooper, a senior history major who is a member of the President’s Society said that students served as MC’s at the dinner and served as ambassadors of the University. Cooper said that members of the Presidents society spent most of the day Friday preparing and rehearsing for the event. “The... [Read more...]
Basilica Dome
Second SAGA Approves SFAB Appointees, Orientation Bill
The first meeting of the newly elected Student Association General Assembly was held Wednesday night. The board discussed administrative issues for next year, as well as introduced new appointees for the Student Fee Allocation Board, delegates for the class of 2010, two new legislative appointments and a bill to give money Orientation 2009. [Read more...] Read More →
Hyperlocal Politics
News Analysis: Catholic University Names NY Police Commissioner Kelly as Commencement Speaker
Raymond W. Kelly, police commissioner of New York City, will address graduates at commencement ceremony in May, the university announced last Friday afternoon. “I look forward to welcoming Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly as our main commencement speaker,” said University President Rev. David M. O’Connell in a statement from CUA Public Affairs. “To say that he has had a distinguished record as a public servant is a great understatement. Strengthened by a deep, personal commitment to his Catholic faith, the Commissioner has a great life story to share with our graduating students. Commissioner Kelly’s message, without a doubt, will engage his audience, as I have witnessed time and again.” In naming Kelly commencement speaker,... [Read more...]
Forum
Involvement Critical for Campus Clubs
Rachael Staab
Student Fee Allocation Board Director
Guest Commentary
I am very honored and eager to have the opportunity to be the Director of the Student Fee Allocation Board (SFAB) for the coming school year. The goals of the board this year are to expand the activity and energy of campus life by sponsoring events and organizations that [...]
Sports
Women’s LAX Eyes the Title
The Catholic University women’s lacrosse team enjoyed a commanding victory in the Landmark conference semifinal Wednesday night, beating The University of Scranton in a landslide 18-5 victory. The men ended their regular season last week, unable to advance to the playoffs despite a respectable 8-8 record.
The women’s offensive attack had no problem dispatching Scranton, in [...]
Beakon
Best of CUA 2008-2009
Beakon picks the best of the best of the CUA community for the year.
Best week of the year: Week of January 19th, 2009
D.C. area students were treated with the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. The quadrennial event coincided with the annual March for Life, an important event [...]
Editorial
Look Towards Future This Summer
Now a symbol of Northside, Opus Hall was one of the most memorable events of this past year. Its construction was the University’s first phase in the development of the campus. In the next few years, Southside will be transformed into a community town square and Northside will add another dorm to its land. [...]
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Tower's News Blog- Illegal Immigrants Enrolled at CUA Confirmed, New Policy Permits Admission of Undocumented Students June 27, 2009
- Univ. Alum McMahon Dies at 86 June 24, 2009
- Univ. President issues statement on Metro train crash June 24, 2009
- Metro Collission Less than 2 Stops from CUA on Red Line, 9 Fatalities Confirmed June 22, 2009
- CUA Joins Many Local Private Universities by Offering Tuition Assistance Program to Armed Forces Veterans June 17, 2009
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- Pizza Boli's on 12th Street Offers Up Jumbo Slices | Brookland Avenue April 23, 2009Ali Nadeem has owned Pizza Boli’s on 12th St. NE for almost 16 years, but adding jumbo slices of pizza to his menu has been one of his best moves yet.
- Scholar and Author April 15, 2009Though he's probably best known for his warm pastoral manner and ready wit, Archbishop Timothy Dolan has another side as well. He's a scholar of American Church history who holds a doctorate in the subject from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He wrote his dissertation on a prominent churchman, Archbishop Edwin V. O'Hara, […]
- One priest ministers to 6 W. Md. parishes -- baltimoresun.com April 10, 2009The Baltimore Sun followed Rev. Jim Hannon, a graduate of the Theological College at CUA, who ministers to six West Maryland parishes.
- Georgetown University: Area Undergraduates Share Research at Conference April 8, 2009CUA students Bridget Nicholson, Grace Fitzpatrick and Jean-Clement Ishimwe studied cardiovascular disease and nutrition in Washington’s Latino population, and showcased their research at Georgetown University's Undergraduate Research Conference.
- Is Newt Preparing for a 2012 Run? - The Daily Beast March 29, 2009hen Catholic University announced in January 2005 that Newt Gingrich would deliver a speech on campus a group of students rose up in protest, accusing the twice divorced, admitted philanderer of violating the Catholic values that their school was founded upon. Four years later, just last week, on March 24, Gingrich blasted another hallowed institution of Cat […]
- Pizza Boli's on 12th Street Offers Up Jumbo Slices | Brookland Avenue April 23, 2009
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