Bennies and Johnnies should take time to reflect upon their experiences, create new memories and look toward the future.
By the Editorial Board
We are at the end of yet another school year. Looking at the wistful good-byes to CSB/SJU and the excitement for what the future will bring, The Record offers advice to students. Seniors, good luck with all that comes next. Returning students, have a wonderful summer we’ll see you next year.

By Martin Walsh
It seems to me that Catholics can only discuss three things: stem cells, gay marriage and abortion.
It doesn’t matter that there is so much more to life. We don’t seem to care about all the other problems — or joys — in the world.
We could point out that our just war theory calls for the end of the war in Iraq. This is one of our most concrete and indisputable ideals, and we don’t make nearly as big of an issue of our representative government ignoring it as …

By Pete Larson
Maybe it was my tired state of mind after 24 consecutive hours of travel that left me wondering what I was doing studying abroad for an entire semester.
Perhaps the fact that I would always be within 15 feet of a mouse while in London capped my uneasy excitement or it could have been just that the loss of blood from cutting my hand on my ridiculously sharp 5-blade Gillette Fusion razor while unpacking left me delirious.

By Cameron Schneider
You’ve all heard the statistic: one out of every four women will be raped in her lifetime.
I’ve always had some doubts about this so-called “fact,” so I did a little research. Turns out, the statistic is wrong. In fact, according to a United Nations global crime report, there were 95,000 reported rapes in the United States in 2002.
I’m not sure how to manipulate the numbers to make a “one in four” statistic, but according to my math, 95,000 cases of rape out of a female population of about …

By Bryan Flood
With the seventh overall selection in the draft, the Minnesota Vikings selected Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson.
Peterson is an explosive running back that gives the Vikings their only home run hitter on offense with a chance to score every time he gets his hands on the ball.