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- Humanity is on both sides of the Rio (Kate Rowland )
El Paso,Texas, is a city set up for movement. Train tracks criscross its streets, serving several active cargo stations and at least one active passenger depot. Greyhound and other distance-traveling buses pull into two different stations. Trucks transport parts to be put together in Mexican factories. Interstate 10 streaks through downtown, intersecting there with Interstate 54. Streets are cleanly asphalted and labeled with signs large enough to assist Mr. Magoo about the city.
- What is left of King's dream? (Ronald Kinn, University of Pennsylvania )
PHILADELPHIA — The birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. marks a familiar annual American ritual of remembrance and celebration. Millions of citizens of all racial and ethnic origins are encouraged to reflect upon the amazing achievements of King and the civil rights movement, and more broadly, what it means to be an American.
- There are reasons for `mysteries' (Letter to the Editor )
I enjoyed Laura Petelle's column in Wednesday's Observer and wanted to respond to three of her questions.
News
- NDFD emphasizes fire prevention on both campuses (By TIM LOGAN News Editor)
Notre Dame and Saint Mary's combine education, preparation and fire safety devices to try to prevent incidents like the blaze that killed three students Wednesday at Seton Hall University.
- ND adopts new sweatshop policy (By KATE STEER Assistant News Editor)
As the leading university in the movement against sweatshop labor, Notre Dame recently adopted three recommendations made by the University's Task Force on Anti-sweatshop Initiatives.
- Senate discusses uses of old tests (By LAURA ROMPF Assistant News Editor)
At its first meeting of the new year Wednesday night, the Student Senate addressed the issue of professors using past tests as study guides.
- Asbestos discovered in Le Mans Hall during pipe repairs (By NOREEN GILLESPIE Saint Mary's Editor)
A hot water pipe containing asbestos-filled insulation was removed from the attic directly over the fifth annex in Le Mans Hall during winter break.
- ND's Review of Politics publishes forgotten text (Special to The Observer )
A recently discovered and previously unpublished text by the American Catholic theologian Rev. John Courtney Murray appears in the Fall 1999 "Millennial Issue" of Notre Dame's Review of Politics.
Scene
- Juneau the film stinks? (By JOHN CRAWFORD Scene Movie Critic)
What is wrong with sports movies nowadays?
- Post-Gulf War film is king (By BILL FUSZ Scene Movie Critic)
Already billed as one of the best films of the year, even a masterpiece, "Three Kings" has had a good deal of hype to live up to with its arrival on the big screen this past weekend. Combining superb acting, excellent cinematography and great comedic dialogue, "Three Kings" delivers on the promise of a unique and entertaining movie experience.
- Three-hour flicks flood holiday theaters (Scene Staff Report )
Aside from the kiddie flicks, this past holiday season was marked by a barrage of three-hour epic films, hoping for Oscar attention and big box office numbers. Here are a the major films that made news over the past month.
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