Home
News
Sports
Viewpoint
Scene

Daily Index
Advertise
Contact Us
Submit a letter to the Editor
About The Observer
Past Issues
Search Back Issues
www.nd.edu
www.saintmarys.edu
Breaking News from the Associated Press at the New York Times
The Observer Website
Vol XXXIIII No. 83

Tuesday, February 15, 2000

  Commentaries

GOP allows anti-Catholic bigotry
Gary Caruso
Capital Comments

"One of the greatest challenges facing Fundamentalists and biblical Christianity in the 21st Century is to stir evangelistic enterprise in fulfillment of the Great Commission," says Bob Jones University president Bob Jones III. He goes on to say in his "President's ... [more]
How can you be bored here?
Kate Rowland
Read this. It may save your life

Those four or five of you (thanks, guys) who are regular readers of my column know my opinion on blanket statements and frank, blunt proclamations of opinion. This week, I would again like to take advantage of this space to make ... [more]
Valentine has many meanings
Letter to the Editor

St. Valentine's Day; a Christian festival commemorating the martyrdom of St. Valentine on Feb. 14, AD 270. By the 14th century, its religious significance was overshadowed by the non-religious custom still associated with the day. Then the word "valentine" was applied ... [more]
St. Valentine's Day `sucks'
Letter to the Editor

First of all, is it really even necessary? I mean seriously, if you really love someone, what makes some day in the middle of arctic February any more special than any other day? If you haven't already professed your love after ... [more]
Is ACE a noble endeavor or our last resort?
Letter to the Editor

No one can argue against the merits of Alliance Catholic Education (ACE) and other service-oriented projects affiliated with the University of Notre Dame. Such experiences foster personal growth and altruism. Yet we find it difficult to believe that the ever-growing number ... [more]


Inside Column
Get out and vote
Erin LaRuffa
copy editor

Almost half of all American adults have no right to complain about being sick of Bill Clinton and his numerous scandals. Why? Because 46 percent of Americans who had the potential to make Clinton go away in 1996 chose to do ... [more]


Cartoons
Cartoon


Cartoon