Fit for Life

Want to keep your kids on the straight and narrow? Keep them physically fit and away from the TV. A new study finds that teens who are more physically active — particularly in recreational activities involving parents — are less likely than couch potatoes to get involved with drugs, alcohol, violence, cigarettes, delinquency and impurity. Researchers at the University of North Carolina reported the findings in the April issue of the journal Pediatrics.

Maya Hawke as American writer Flannery O'Connor in the 2024 film "Wildcat."

Jessica Hooten Wilson on 'Wildcats' /Father Dave Pivonka on Title IX (May 4)

Flannery O’Connor shares the big screen with some of her most memorable short story characters in the new indy film ‘Wildcat’. O’Connor scholar Jessica Hooten Wilson gives her take on the film and what animates the Catholic 20th century writer’s prophetic imagination.Then FUS University President Father David Pivonka explains why Franciscan University of Steubenville has pushed back against the Biden administrations’ new interpretation of Title IX, which redefines sex discrimination to include a student’s self- asserted ‘gender identity’.