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Today’s post is by Nic Cable, a senior at Depaul, who is pursuing a double major in Religious Studies and Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies. He is serving his second year as an Interfaith Scholar at DePaul University and is the Director of the Better Together Campaign at this institution.

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On Wednesday, students gathered in the SAC Pit to have a discussion with friends at the weekly Interfaith Cafe. The discussion this week was on death. The idea of death has existed throughout time and place, and it stands as one of the most definitive points of reliability to humans. Religious traditions and people from the beginning of recorded history have understood death in different ways. This cafe attempted to have students share from their own understandings and feelings about death with other students, as well as learn from what others thought on the matter. Below are two students who shared their thoughts of the discussion after the cafe ended:

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I hope you will continue to explore your understanding of death on your own and with your friends. It is an important topic to discuss. In the end, we all face the same conclusion on earth. So, meanwhile, may we spend the time we have building peace and justice in the world.