The Rambler

World Youth Day

By Amy Zambrano

This past summer, I represented Rosemont College at World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia with Campion College. World Youth Day was a week long Catholic celebration with the Pope in which hundreds of thousands of youth around the world attended.

Dean Shaffer

By Amy Zambrano

Dean Deidre Shaffer is the recent addition to the Rosemont administration as the Dean of Students.  She is well qualified for the student life position because she was the Dean of Students at Wagner College, director of student activities at Philadelphia University, as well as the assistant director of student activities, and residential life at SUNY Alfred.

Professor Spotlight: Michele Rosen

By Sarah Meade

Michele Rosen has a wide range of experience in the communications field. She has worked as a content manager, a web producer, a newspaper reporter, a web site and magazine editor, and now a teacher. But which of those was her favorite?

US Soldiers and Veterans in Desperate Need

By Allison Cepis and Damaris Zayas

The BBC World News recently stated that "ninety-three active duty soldiers had killed themselves by the end of last month." If that headline does not grab your attention, then little else will.

Shaking Up the Presidential Campaign

By Vania Vargas

On Friday, August 29, Sen. John McCain announced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, which caused a flood of mixed reactions from both the Republican Party as well as from the Democratic Party.  Palin, a political figure not known to the world until recently, is quickly trying to find a name for herself as a “fighter” against Washington politics, alongside Sen. John McCain. 

Lipstick Political Jungle

By Allison Cepis

Is a lipstick-wearing running mate a possible feminist issue?  Could the analogy of putting “lipstick on a pig” used in a political context be misconstrued as a sexist slur? 

A Freshman's Take on the Republican View

By Anna Martini

I grew up in a conservative Catholic family that would inevitably vote “Republican” most of the time.  When I was younger, I tended to believe what my parents taught me.  I assumed that they knew what they were talking about. Now that I am older, I still consider myself a Republican and a conservative; however, I now have my own valid reasons as to why.