| Vol XXXIV No. 74 |
Friday, January 26, 2001 |
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Marketing Wilson the volleyball
Tom Tortorich
The Daily Iowan
 IOWA CITY, Iowa It's the new millennium, and being an American is easier than ever. Even the English language has adapted to our more convenient lifestyles. We can take a shot and take a hit. We can channel surf and surf ... [more]
Quote of the Day
F. Scott Fitzgerald
author
"First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you." F. Scott Fitzgerald author ... [more]
Finding out about alcohol abroad
Joanna Mikulski
Innsbruck Stimme
To American students, including many of those at Notre Dame, alcohol represents the ultimate in "forbidden fruits." It costs relatively little. Under-aged students can easily obtain it. The consequences of its illegal consumption are avoidable. Administrators generally turn a blind eye ... [more]
Censorship is sometimes the answer
Nathaniel Hannan
junior
Most of the students reading this will be familiar with a pop song played regularly on the radio only few short months ago: "You and me, baby, we ain't nothin' but mammals/Doin' what they do on the Discovery Channel." Let's think ... [more]
Inside column missed the point
Maureen Rodgers
senior
Inside columnist Nate Phillips enraged numerous women on campus yesterday by misunderstanding "The Vagina Monologues." Although Phillips admits that he has not read or seen the play, his ignorance did not seem to stop him from condemning it. Claiming ... [more]
Open speaker policy only option for SMC
Observer Editorial Board
The free and unrestricted exchange of ideas is crucial to establishing an educational environment that cherishes academic freedom. The process of developing mature viewpoints on social issues requires the critical examination of students' beliefs. An educational system that does not challenge ... [more]
A few of my favorite things
Erin Piroutek
Associate News Editor
I'm too sentimental. I admit it. (I've been known to cry while watching the news.) And suddenly I'm faced with the last few months at the place that I dreamed all of my life about attending. So I have a feeling ... [more]
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