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February 21, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation shocks world By Alicia Candela
The world was in shock when Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation on Feb. 11, 2013. According to the New York Times, Pope Benedict will resign on Feb. 28. The New York Times also stated that Benedict is the first pope in six centuries to resign. An article by Laura Smith-Spark and Hada Messina from CNN clearly stated that the pope was not forced to resign because of sickness. Benedict said the reason for his resignation is he does not feel he has the strength to continue as the church’s leader. Dr. John Switzer, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Theology, expressed his predictions for the next pope and opinion about the pope’s resignation.
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Photo by Bridget Fleischut The view of the Vatican from the top of the Jesuit building in Rome, Italy.
History flashback: SHC’s first African American graduate By Briana Collins
According to Spring Hill’s website, approximately 30 percent of traditional undergraduate students on campus are of color. Up until 1954, that percentage was zero. In 1954 Andrew Smith, S.J., the college’s president, presided over the enrollment of nine black students, the first students of color to attend Spring Hill
College. Spring Hill’s decision to integrate came 10 days before the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling which reversed the separate but equal racial standard. At the time of desegregation Spring Hill received little media coverage because the school wanted to protect students from
violence and racist groups such as the Klu Klux Klan. In attempts of added protection, Smith also refused to let the Springhillian publish any articles about integration or allow the local press to run any stories about the black students. Two years later in 1956, Spring Hill College’s first African
American student graduated: Fannie Ernestine Motley. Motley transferred to Spring Hill in the spring semester of 1955. Her and the other black students’ enrollment occurred peacefully and began the quiet but monumental desegregation of the campus.
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