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Vol XXXIV No. 77

Wednesday, January 31, 2001

  Commentaries

Officials address diversity issues
MSPS
What's Your Shade?

Have you ever met James Riley? He's an Admissions Counselor in the Office of Admissions. Great guy ... and a good person to have on your Bookstore Basketball team. He and his wife, Mirella, both graduated with me in 1994. Mirella ... [more]
Quote of the Day
John Stuart Mill
economist

"He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that." ... [more]
Graduates express support for Monologues
Play inspired pride on
all-women's campus

I want to commend those ladies at the Saint Mary's College campus who are speaking out in support of "The Vagina Monologues." Saint Mary's claims that they are helping young women develop into independent and confident women. Canceling this play sends ... [more]
Graduates express support for Monologues
Art encourages
debate

In recent commentary, "The Vagina Monologues" has been termed blunt, vulgar, simply too disgusting for words. The unspoken accusation seems to be that it is pornography, rather than art. A feminist definition of pornography articulates the role of "view" in pornography. ... [more]
Graduates express support for Monologues
Application of Church teaching is inconsistent

After many years in the shadow of the Dome, the administration of Saint Mary's College has finally come out. President Marilou Eldred's decision to prohibit the performance of a play on campus of our sister school is the most embarrassing decision ... [more]
Americans must question veracity of rumors
Letter to the Editor

While I respect Mr. Marchand's right to disagree with Mr. Clinton's politics and to doubt his achievements I have to take issue with the first few claims in his Jan. 29 column. Namely, that the Clintons "shook down Democratic fat-cat donors ... [more]


Inside Column
A boy's world
Kathleen O'Brien
Associate Sports Editor

A boy's world I wish I had half the imagination that my littlest brother Timmy (who just turned eight) has. If I did, I'd be lying on a beach in the Caribbean right now with Tom Cruise next to me and ... [more]


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