Dear Reader,

Thank you for picking up the first issue of The Fenwick Review of 2019. We hope you didn’t mind the wait!

This year marks the Review’s 30th anniversary. Three decades ago, our publication’s founders vowed “to publish a journal of opinion” in which they hoped “to provoke intellectual discussion and stimulate ideas.” Here, in 2019, we hold true to the mission they instituted and aim to advance the values, principles, and ideas they so boldly defended.

In 1989, 30 years ago, The Fenwick Review was founded on the defense of traditional Catholic principles and conservative ideas in order to provide alternatives to the dominant campus ethos. The contents of this issue hold true to that mission. In the wake of continued campus controversy and student protest, Professor Schaefer of Political Science offers his insights on last December’s ENGAGE Summit and the foundations of liberal education. Mr. Buzzard and Mr. Rosenwinkel reflect on living the Catholic faith and acting as a man for others, respectively. Mr. Klinker comments on the role of sex in the present-day culture, and Mr. Pietro defends American exceptionalism through historical and contemporary political contexts.

Though there is no doubt that Holy Cross is a different campus than it was 30 years ago when this publication first hit the newsstands, The Fenwick Review and its mission remain imperative and our founders’ vision remains relevant. We seek the best for Holy Cross and hope you can find something to enjoy, to ponder, or to reflect upon in the coming pages of this issue.

Seamus Brennan & Michael Raheb

Co-Editors-in-Chief