MASSACHUSETTS
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
By Chris Eckel, Collegian columnist
December 05, 2005
For us here at UMass, final exams are coming up pretty soon. But never fear, to get you ready for reading your grades on SPIRE, I'm going to release my grades for the big movers and shakers this year. Let's hope nothing changes in the next month, or else Professor Eckel might have to reevaluate.
Religions - D
So the Catholic Church is leading the charge here. They've grossly misplayed the sexual abuse scandal. Instead of cleaning out their closet, they are more concerned with making priests who come out of the closet disappear. Parishioners (those who still have parishes left, at least) are becoming disgruntled, and if the Vatican continues to push away priests and parishes, then they might be able to do what 2,000 years of religious warfare couldn't: extinguish the Catholic faith.