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Vol XXXV No. 71

Thursday, January 17, 2002

  Commentaries

Screeners deserve congratulations for a good job
J.D. Piland
Northern Star

Last week, Michigan Rep. John Dingell was stopped in the Reagan National Airport because his fake hip kept going off in the metal detectors. OK, nothing that can't be resolved. The "problem" came when the security personnel (known as screeners) asked ... [more]
Student family housing is not adequate
Kevin Rodriguez Gingras
graduate law student

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, my wife gave birth to a baby girl. Unfortunately, as a second year law student, my studies require me to spend most of my waking hours researching in the Law School. Why? I live in the University ... [more]
Mauritania gets running water and the Internet
Maite Uranga
Life in Africa

The major theme of last semester's columns was my life with lack of running water. Before I even got to my permanent site Mauritanians and Peace Corps staff kept telling me that the city of Toulde would get running water soon. ... [more]
Willingham is what Notre Dame needed
Paul Zederbaum
senior

After viewing the press conference introducing Tyrone Willingham as the new Irish head coach, I felt much better about the decision that had been made in the wake of the embarrassing O'Leary debacle. Despite the obvious pressures of recruiting at an ... [more]


Inside Column
Let it snow
Bryan Kronk
Sports Copy Editor

I was very unpleasantly surprised when my flight into South Bend Regional Airport landed at 7:15 p.m. on Sunday night, Jan. 13, 2002, and I saw nothing but bare ground. Let me reiterate: there was no snow on the ground in ... [more]


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