Campus Watch
‘Best’ Catholic Colleges
Catholic colleges and universities fared best in the categor y of best universities-master's, which ranks schools with undergraduate and master's programs but few, if any, doctoral programs.
Divided by region, eight Catholic schools were in the top 15 in the categor y in the North with Villanova University first. First-place Creighton University and three other Catholic institutions were among the top 15 in the Midwest.
Seven of the top 15 regional universities in the West are Catholic, and three Catholic schools made the top 15 in the South.
Collegians for Life
Time suggested that even the more “liberal” positions of students are really “libertarian.” These include 40% suppor t for legalized marijuana use (the most since the 1970s) and homosexual “marriage,” endorsed by a record 59% of freshmen as opposed to just 30% in the general population.
Applications Accepted
SOUTHERN CATHOLIC COLLEGE, Aug. 23 — The regional Catholic college now in formation is accepting student applications for its inaugural freshman class in 2005.
An hour's drive nor th of Atlanta, in Dawsonville, Ga., Southern Catholic will initially ser ve a student population of 150, with projected growth to an estimated 3,000 by 2020.
The 100-acre site, surrounded by the Appalachian mountains, already includes buildings for classroom, worship and living space.
Donation Lost in Scam
Benefactor Conrad Col-brandt is being treated as one of some 40 victims in the swindle and will face no criminal charges.
College officials maintain that only capital projects were affected by the loss of the $100-million pledge and that St. Mar y's endowment remains sound.
‘Harvard of the Right’
ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug. 18 — The Rev. Jerr y Fal-well will open a law school as par t of Liber ty University in Lynchburg, Va., this fall in hopes of training a generation of attorneys who will fight for traditional causes, especially those involving freedom of religion and the right to life.
“We'll be as far to the right as Har vard is to the left,” Falwell told the Associated Press.
Heidi Thompson, one of 61 founding students, said she would like to help reverse the decision to legalize abortion. Said Thompson, “I'd love to fight Roe v. Wade.”
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- September 12-18, 2004