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Vol XXXV No. 85

Wednesday, February 6, 2002

  Commentaries

Desperate times call for desperate measures
Joe Larson
The Principles of Idiocracy

Last year, at this same time, I wrote a column explaining a theory about a way to get through the doldrums with the least depression possible. The idea was to drink a lot and get yourself a significant other to drink ... [more]
Service means feeling at home anywhere
Miguel Vieyra
For a More Just and Humane World

A phone call, and my father was on his way — carrying me home half asleep in his arms simply because I was homesick after just a few hours. As a child, I never could spend the whole night at a ... [more]
Punish parents for son's treachery
Ed Fitzpatrick
class of '80

Scott Flipse's column Monday on John Walker was liberal garbage. Not surprisingly, it is unsupported by any authority. In fact, not only should John Walker be executed, his father Frank Lindh should be tried for treason and executed. In Haupt v. ... [more]
Student government requires participation
Ryan Becker
senior

Student government at Notre Dame has made an impact on students' lives, and continues to do so on a daily basis in countless ways that aren't publicized. Student government can make a broader impact on campus, but it can't do it ... [more]
NDToday/Observer Poll Question
Vote at NDToday.com by Thursday at 5 p.m.

For which ticket do you plan on voting in the upcoming student government elections? Vote at NDToday.com by Thursday at 5 p.m. ... [more]
Quote of the Day
Martin Luther King, Jr.
civil rights leader

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Martin Luther King, Jr. civil rights leader ... [more]


Inside Column
Thursday is family night
V. Van Buren Giles
News Copy Editor

People love to criticize South Bend as this po-dunk little town in the middle of nowhere where nothing exciting ever goes on. I am from New York City and I have done the bar and club scene there, but I have ... [more]


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