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Vol XXXIIII No. 86

Friday, February 18, 2000

  Commentaries

Self-Help Gurus? Help Yourself
Joanna Mikulski
Tuesday Voice on Friday

"Starting today, you can have the life you've always desired. You can have closer relationships. Greater success in business. More Money. Real happiness and fulfillment. True passion in your life." Its all in Personal Power II by Anthony Robbins. "Major credit ... [more]
Animals are not sacred
Letter to the Editor

This is a response to a particular reason that Aaron Kreider gave for his choice to be a vegan. He held that animals should not be eaten by men because it causes the animals to "lead lives of pain." We must ... [more]
Wrong is wrong
Letter to the Editor

If we are to believe Bill Fenton ("UConn chants were not that bad, 2/16") then we can toss rules of etiquette altogether and simply rate our behavior against something worse. That should be easy. Never mind etiquette! Following his logic (and ... [more]
Faculty perpetuates racism
Letter to the Editor

My friend, dark-skinned and of Mexican descent, sat in class this week and received his paper back covered in red marks. The teacher later talked to my friend, who incidentally is the only dark skinned student in the class (although one ... [more]
College is not job training
Letter to the Editor

The letter on Feb. 15 from two seniors concerning jobs for Arts and Letters students and post-graduate service programs took me right back to many of the concerns that I felt as a student nearing the end of my life at ... [more]
Kessler out of line
Letter to the Editor

Brian Kessler was out of line in his Irish Insight column concerning Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun. It is embarrassing that opponents can walk away from Notre Dame and correctly point out that the student body has no class. It is ... [more]


Inside Column
Falling, slipping and sliding
Lila Haughey
Assistant Viewpoint Editor

As a sheltered Southern Californian, I have had little contact with a certain aspect of South Bend winters: snow. Until attending Notre Dame, I had little experience dealing with it on a daily basis. Not surprisingly, my arrival to the Midwest ... [more]


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