Word: hesburgh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Father Ted gets my vote. Hesburgh for Pope...
...Hesburgh Riddle...
...familiar riddle at Notre Dame runs, "What is the difference between God and Father Hesburgh [May 2]?" The answer is "God is everywhere; Father Hesburgh is everywhere but Notre Dame." Though some students here are quick to assert that Father Hesburgh's abundant activity elsewhere denotes a lack of concern over what happens at Notre Dame, the vast majority feel as I do: that Hesburgh merely is the main proponent of the activist philosophy that epitomizes the campus in general...
...response to the riddle, however, I must confess that most students are willing to concede a bit more difference between Father Ted and God. As for me, I find considerably less difference in Hesburgh than in any other man I've ever...
...Even as Hesburgh buries himself in his work, no one really understands what drives him. Is it his need for prestige or power, or is it his need to keep building for the greater glory of his God? His answer is just to keep working. He turns 60 this month and has no plans to retire. Instead, he announced a week ago that Notre Dame is undertaking the largest fund-raising drive in its history. $130 million. "Show me the top ten endowments," says Hesburgh, "and I'll show you the top ten schools in the country." Notre Dame...