Vice Column: Letter to America
2021-04-29
Clement Harrold Student Government Vice President Just shy of four years ago I arrived in Steubenville, Ohio, after more than 30 hours of travelling. Though not my first time inContinue Reading
Vice Column: On logs and splinters
2021-04-15
Clement Harrold Student Government Vice President In a penetrating passage in “The Screwtape Letters,” the older devil advises his nephew in the following terms: “Be sure that the patient remainsContinue Reading
Blessed are the pure of heart
2021-03-25
Clement Harrold Student Government Vice President Among the most sobering aspects of Dr. Stephen Sammut’s recently published study on pornography and mental health are his findings on the sheer volumeContinue Reading
Vice Column: Toward an academic culture
2021-03-11
Clem Harrold Student Government Vice President For more or less the entirety of my time at Franciscan University of Steubenville, I have been devoted to promoting the academic culture onContinue Reading
Vice Column: A failed church
2021-02-25
Clement Harrold Student Government Vice President “This house believes that the American experiment has failed.” So reads the motion for last weekend’s Dumb Ox Debate, the first of this semester.Continue Reading
Biden, masks and the false idol of unity
2021-02-11
Clement Harrold Student Government Vice President In a recent video, Bishop Robert Barron described the word “divisive” as “comically ineffectual,” an alienating sentiment with which I am in full agreement.Continue Reading
Why face masks are no small deal
2020-11-19
Clement Harrold Student Government Vice President Funnily enough, nobody has ever asked me to amend the U.S. Constitution, or at least not yet. But if they did, I imagine myContinue Reading
In defense of Antonian Hall: a complaint against complaining
2020-11-02
Clement Harrold Student Government Vice President As someone with a strong propensity to melancholy, I am well-versed in pointing out problems, highlighting negatives and taking a generally pessimistic approach toContinue Reading
Vice Column: Running as martyrdom
2020-10-22
Clement Harrold Student Government Vice President I hate running. It’s intense, it’s painful, it’s tiring and almost from the moment I start, I just want it to be over. IContinue Reading
Vice Column: Airplane mode will save your soul
2020-10-08
Clement Harrold Student Government Vice President In his thought-provoking article “7 Reasons Why Your Smartphone Is Bilbo’s Ring,” the Rev. John Hollowell offers a sobering insight into the untold detrimentalContinue Reading
