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Vol XXXV No. 70

Wednesday, January 16, 2002

  Commentaries

Take pride in Catholic tradition
Charles Rice
Right or Wrong?

In announcing Notre Dame's plan to spend $500 million on new building projects, Vice President Timothy R. Scully, said, "We really feel a deep responsibility to build the world's leading Catholic university." A worthy objective. But the Catholic Church alone has ... [more]
Getting past suffocating "tunnel vision"
Sandhya Acharya
What's Your Shade?

Recently a group of 15 students set out on a week-long experience. The focus was "Issues of Diversity in an Urban Setting." I was serving as the student coordinator for this group — a part of the Cultural Diversity Seminar and ... [more]
Praise new coach on his own merit
Nick Ismert
class of '99

I wish a black man, Alan Keyes, were president — but it has nothing to do with the fact he is black. I hope a black man, Cardinal Arinze, becomes the next pope — but that he is black matters not ... [more]
A plea for parietals at Georgetown
Blake Roberts
The Hoya

The moral life of [Georgetown's] campus is in crisis. The Catholic identity of our great university is threatened. John Carroll shudders as he looks down upon what has come of his once great college. Ever since the end of the '60s, ... [more]
Quote of the Day
St. Augustine
Catholic philosopher

"Rome has spoken, the case is ended." St. Augustine Catholic philosopher ... [more]
Poll Question
Vote at NDToday.com by Thursday at 5 p.m.

Was the hiring of Tyrone Willingham the right choice for Notre Dame? Vote at NDToday.com by Thursday at 5 p.m. ... [more]


Inside Column
Layover at the gas station
by SHEILA EGTS
Copy Editor

Since Monday I've heard a lot of horror stories of delayed flights and lost luggage that plagued holiday travel, but I have yet to hear one that compares to my clash with brutal Mother Nature in a near-death experience. Well, not ... [more]


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