Mount St. Mary’s students torn over Good Friday
- By Brent Jones |Sun reporter March 21, 2008
- EMMITSBURG – Her Catholic parents generally keep days like Good Friday solemn by shunning technology, and if that holds true tonight, Mount St. Mary’s University senior Maria Parker will find herself in a predicament.
- Should she sneak off to watch her school attempt to topple top-ranked and No. 1-seeded North Carolina in the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, a feat that would be one of the greatest upsets in college basketball history? Or does she stay firm to the reasons Mount St. Mary’s closed its doors and sent students away from campus for three school days — to reflect on the Easter season and spend time with family?
- Mount St. Mary’s is the nation’s second-oldest Catholic university. The Newman Guide, which recommends the top Catholic schools, rates Mount St. Mary’s among the top 21 universities nationwide in upholding the religion’s identity, an accolade school administrators cherish.
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