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Vol XXXIV No. 87

Wednesday, February 14, 2001

  Commentaries

Democracy needs party variety
Mark Rogers
Daily Mississippian

OXFORD, Miss. In a 1996 Halloween episode of The Simpsons, Homer discovers that Bill Clinton and Bob Dole have been replaced by shapeshifting aliens plotting to take over the world when whichever of them is elected. Homer reveals their sinister plan ... [more]
What are your clothes saying?
Letter to the Editor

Skintight red tube top, short tight black miniskirt. Figure clearly revealed; little left to the imagination. Who am I describing? A typical Notre Dame girl on her way to a bar or a dorm party? Yes and no. Yes, this description ... [more]
Quote of the Day
Jorge Luis Borges
writer

"To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god." ... [more]
Students promote chaste lifestyle
Letter to the Editor

This letter, like many of those printed in this newspaper, is aimed at raising student awareness to a topic that is of interest to the student body. Particularly, this letter is concerning the week of Feb. 12-16, which has been named ... [more]
Practicing ideals without double standards
Letter to the Editor

"What does it really mean to be human? What does it mean to practice democratic ideals?" These were just a couple questions that Dr. Cornel West asked his audience in DeBartolo Hall a few weeks ago. In light of recent circumstances ... [more]


Inside Column
It's Valentine's Day
Jose Cuellar
Graphics Editor

I am tired of the cookies, the chocolate covered strawberries ala Martha Stewart, and the dozens upon dozens of roses. It does not seem romantic at all. The holiday has become a race to determine who gives the biggest and most ... [more]


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