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...climate of theological discussion more cautious in light of John Paul II's own conservatism, and also that of Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, who as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith plays the watchdog of theological orthodoxy...
...Catholic Students Association received the highest grant at $550. Other large allocations went to the Harvard College Prefect Program ($500), the Harvard College Democrats ($475) and the Harvard Republican Club...
...presence of acne, shaving devolved to massacre. At the tough Jesuit high school I attended, a prefect of discipline, Father Donahue, confronted a Polish kid who, for three days running, refused the prefect's order to shave the dirty shadow of down from his cheeks. Finally, Father Donahue led the kid into his office by the ear and dry-shaved him himself with a "safety razor. " Maybe Father Donahue learned about the operation from reading about the Mohawks and Iroquois, who sent Jesuit martyrs to heaven centuries...
...used to have one near-mystical defense against the ever-present pathogen fog: Echinacea. I still recall the first time that I encountered the magical herb. My prefect expounded on the palliative effects of Echinacea, and suggested taking three little green meanies any time we even thought that a little tickle might be forming at the back of our throat. At the time, being of sound mind and body, I scoffed at this quaint notion. Taking herbal supplements sounded more like witchcraft than modern medicine. If this stuff did anything, I reasoned, researchers would have found out about it, analyzed...
...would be a good idea if all the concentrations got together and made students an accessible resource," Selsby says. "If a prefect said, 'Don't do Gov., that's a stupid concentration,' a proctor would likely step in, because that type of advice is far too unspecific...