<p> <h3> <p>Prayerful T-Shirt Support Day "The Vindication of Father Mark Gruber O.S.B."</p> </h3> <p><font color="#ff0000"><u>February 16 (Tuesday)... <strong><font size="+0">There will be a clearing house to hand out remaining T-Shirts and to discuss the Rally.</font></strong></u></font></p> <p><strong><font color="#ff0000"><u>What: Rally Start Time</u></font>:</strong> <strong>Wednesday, February 17 at 7:00am</strong></p> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong><u>End Time</u>:</strong></font> <strong>Wednesday, February 17 at 11:55pm</strong></p> <p><strong><u>Rally continues at the Men's Basketball Game, Saturday, February 20.</u></strong></p> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong><u>Where</u>:</strong></font> Saint Vincent College</p> <p>To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:</p> <p><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT55" class="Object-hover"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=328006128973&mid=1dd7304G2d658f77G9aea1baG7">http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=328006128973&mid=1dd7304G2d658f77G9aea1baG7</a></span><br /> Or google facebook, then search Friends of Father Mark.</p> <p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </p> <h4><font color="#993300">If you can't attend, feel free to voice your spiritual and moral support in this thread..</font></h4> <p>.Thanks!</p> </p> <h3><strong><font color="#ff0000"><u>Event:</u></font></strong></h3>
My prayers are with all of you who will be personally involved. I also hope that the powers take this in stride and do not do anything repressive. Hell's bells--my freshman yearbook from 1962 has pics of a student demonstration over censoring of the Review. One sign reads "We speak of student responsibility. Let's make it a reality." There was even a contentious assembly in what is now the Carey Center. As far as I know, no one was disciplined, although older alums who may see this can correct me. I do recall, however, one of the hard line monks telling one senior that his GPA was nothing to rave about and that he should devote more time to that rather than to protesting! I guess with 750-800 guys as the student body, getting personal was not too difficult.
It went really well. We had ~70 people wearing shirts, and probably would have had more had we printed more extras. Originally we only had 20 extra shirts to give out, and they were all gone by 11 a.m. Wednesday morning. As far as I know, only one person received a negative comment, and I think that stemmed more from ignorance of the situation than of anything. For the most part, everyone was very supportive. Look for the article in the Post Gazette on Monday!
One part of this morning's Post-Gazette article hits the real issue here: "Campus computer technicians had found pornography on his computer as they searched for the source of an e-mail criticizing the college administration." Questions arise: Do these folks have anything better to do? Was the e-mail a threat of violence or simply criticism? Or is simple criticism of the administration considered a form of violence?
Some may not agree, but I think Brother Norman is a good guy who cares about SVC. With what has gone on the past few years, he may see himself as Hercules contemplating the Augean stables. Yeah, that's a bit hyperbolic, but the mess is there and won't vanish without work.
<p>Here's the link:</p> <p><a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10053/1037701-298.stm">www.post-gazette.com/pg/10053/1037701-298.stm</a></p> <p>I will post in another thread as well. </p>