Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2012. Today, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will visit Fort Stewart in Georgia where the President will sign an Executive Order to help ensure all of America’s service members, veterans, spouses, and other family members have the information they need to make informed educational[Read More…]
Day: April 27, 2012
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on the Verdict in the Charles Taylor Trial at the Special Court for Sierra Leone
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2012. The United States applauds today’s verdict of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in the case of Charles Taylor. The conviction of Mr. Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone’s civil war in the 1990s sends a powerful message about accountability. Through[Read More…]
Statement from Vice President Biden on the Violence Against Women Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2012. Today, the Senate took bipartisan action to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. Now, it’s time for the House to move quickly and pass the bill. In 2012, we should be beyond questioning the need for the Violence Against Women Act. This law has been overwhelmingly[Read More…]
Bishop Zubik, And Other Bishops Like Him, Are Wrong: Support Our Sisters
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Dominicans taught me in grade school, and I work for Dominicans now. These women are amazing. There are stories I cannot tell you right now. Stories of sisters caught up in excruciating circumstances, literally seeing their lives on the line, literally seeing people slaughtered before them.[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Celebrates Earth Week and Beyond
Generation Green students display the nearly 500 cell phones, lap tops and digital cameras collected during Earth Week. On the left front to back is Kyra Sykes ’15 of Hazel Crest; Marissa Abston ’12 of Harvey; Jocelyn Lloyd ’11 of Lynwood; Sophia Lam ’15 of Olympia Fields; Jonathan Brodeur ’12[Read More…]
Marian Catholic High School Presents ‘Annie Get Your Gun’
The cast includes front row, Rebecca Hauser ’15 of Crete; Kendyl Todd ’14 of Crete; Aimee Tiberi ’14 of Chicago Heights; Anna Petrelli ’13 of Park Forest; Noah Uhlenbrauck of Crete; Hope Lang ’15, of Monee; Courtneigh Summerrise ’12 of South Holland; Shayna Vaughn ’14 of Lowell; and Emily Callahan[Read More…]