HOBOKEN, N.J. (January 4, 2013) – After a late addition to the 2013 schedule, the Stevens Institute of Technology men’s volleyball team will begin its season on Saturday night in the Canavan Arena against the University of Waterloo, a Canadian college, at 6 p.m. Stevens was slated to kick off its campaign on January 18 against Division I Harvard University in Hoboken before the recently added match.

Last season, the Ducks finished with a 28-8 overall record and narrowly missed out on an at-large bid to the first NCAA Division III Championship after a runner-up finish in the United Volleyball Conference. Stevens was ranked sixth nationally in the final American Volleyball Coaches Association poll. The 2013 preseason poll will be released on January 8.

Washington D.C., Jan 4, 2013 / 04:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- An online petition asking the White House to designate the Catholic Church as a \”hate group\” for its views on marriage is drawing criticism for generating unjust animosity.

The petition reveals an \”underlying agenda,\” which is not simply to prevent violent crimes, but to \”stigmatize any disapproval of homosexuality at all and essentially to silence us,\” said Peter Sprigg, senior fellow for policy studies at the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C.