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Vol XXXV No. 73

Monday, January 21, 2002

  Commentaries

Make resolutions you don't mind breaking
Amy Schill
Dazed and Amused

New year, new disappointments. It's January again. The time when we willingly make New Year's Resolutions that we know we can't keep, setting ourselves up for failure and depression. Personally, I have a very difficult time accepting failure, so I'm making ... [more]
SATs do not answer cloning question
Andrew Henrick
graduate student

Recently, the U.S. Federal government has begun discussing legislation regarding cloning. A bill outlawing human cloning, which has already passed in the House, currently occupies the attention of the Senate. Concurrently, a presidential council has been assembled to discuss the ... [more]
Quote of the Day
Sophocles
playwright

"Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial." Sophocles playwright ... [more]
Senate's delays cheat Americans of judges
Rob Nederhood
Calvin College Chimes

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. When President George W. Bush took office one year ago, he vowed to remedy a serious crisis in the U.S. justice system: the lack of federal judges. Few deny it is a crisis: The 6th circuit court of ... [more]
Protect sense of community in University Village
Aaron Potter
Notre Dame Law School '01

Though the University could do better for its families and probably ought, the people calling for change rarely consider what could be lost in the process. If the University built a larger place, there's no guarantee that the same sense of ... [more]


Inside Column
Rams prove to amuse
Courtney Boyle
Copy Editor

Rams prove to amuse With the start of the new semester, I like most have been more engaged in the NFL playoffs than in academic work. After following the St. Louis Rams, the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears all ... [more]


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