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oethe didn’t have MTV screaming at him to be
an individual. Elizabeth Barrett Browning didn’t have a web community to help her discover herself. Lao Tsu never visited the self-help section of a bookstore. These famous people found their individuality the old-fashioned way: through learning. Liberal-arts universities don’t exactly hand out degrees in individuality, but they’re the places people learn to think, which is the next best thing. This issue of St. Edward’s University Magazine explores how the university helps students become who they are. Consider the hub of spiritual exploration for Catholics and non-Catholics alike provided by Campus
the ever-evolving realm of Web 2.0, where faculty help students build extensions of their identities through blogs, virtual worlds and other online delights.
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Learning Communities, which connect like-minded peers. Even
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Ministry. Or the new social-academic dynamic of Living
Learning to be an individual is a cornerstone of the St. Edward’s experience, and a fitting focus for the university’s new image campaign. It’s a subject you’ll likely hear more about in coming months. Just be assured that, in the Holy Cross tradition,
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the brand of individuality espoused at St. Edward’s never confuses selfhood with selfishness.
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