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- 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.
Viewpoint
- 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 cards accepted."
- 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 begin, therefore, by looking at the idea of animal suffering.
- 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 I am talking reasoning here, not basketball) everything from human rights violations (well, the Germans killed 6 million Jews!) to speeding through a red light and causing a traffic accident in which one maims only one of five children (well, there was this guy who killed an entire family in a car accident!) can be made somehow less unacceptable, and we can let ourselves off the hook for what is in and of itself wrong. Worse yet is the notion that if we have been the recipient of some action that was wrong, we have the right to do some action that is wrong — as long as it is in our eyes less wrong — and we should not be criticized for it.
- 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 of several that received a poor grade), and asked him, "Was English your first language?" My friend was stunned at the question and felt incredibly awkward. This is the same friend who, after submitting his resume at the career center earlier this year, was asked by a woman working there to remember to add a line indicating that he was indeed a United States citizen.
- 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 Notre Dame, as well as to the anxieties many feel as they near their time in our program.
- 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 embarrassing that so many fans write in to say how disappointed they are at how poorly the students of Notre Dame carried themselves.
News
- O'Donoghue wins; Hanover disqualified, will appeal; Election Committee forfeits Hanover/ Micek for e-mail (By TIM LOGAN News Editor)
Outside the student government office Thursday night, a crowd gathered, peering through the window at the candidates and election officials inside.
- Trustees to vote on construction of new Dalloway's (By MOLLY McVOY News Writer)
The fate of the new Saint Mary's clubhouse, better known as the new home of Dalloway's Coffeehouse, is in the hands of the Board of Trustees this weekend.
- Senate considers student center (By ERIN LaRUFFA News Writer)
Glancing around the main floor of the LaFortune Student Center, one might see students studying, eating or watching television, but one Student Senate committee is looking to change that.
- Festival celebrates African films (By MIKE VANEGAS News Writer)
This Sunday, the African and African-American Studies Program presents the "Festival of Films on Africa and the African Diaspora," which will last until the end of the month. The festival celebrates cinematic endeavors by members of the African and African-American community, as well as films that illuminate the cultural presence of the same community. Its goals also include expanding cultural awareness at Notre Dame, according to Hugh Page, director of the African and African-American Studies Program.
- MSA director Rousey dies at age 53 (Special to The Observer )
Glenn Rousey, director of the Masters in Science Administration program, died Feb. 10 at the hospice of St. Joseph County in Roseland. He was 53.
- Forum addresses social space, faculty-student interaction (By BRIGID SWEENEY News Writer)
Focusing on conflicts that arise between academic and residential life at Notre Dame and possible solutions, faculty members and a lone student met Thursday night at the second open forum sponsored by the ad hoc committee on Academic and Student Life.
Scene
- Dancers prance onto SMC main stage Saint Mary's dancers present a `20th Century Dance Retrospective' this weekend (By MIKE VANEGAS Scene Editor)
There's going to be a dance at Saint Mary's this weekend. In fact, it's a weekend-long dance, and it starts tonight. There will be a handful of women, one man and a bunch of spectators watching this dance. But, surprise, surprise, it's not an SYR. Instead, it's the "20th Century Dance Retrospective," and far from the SYR mentality, the show plans to give guests a look at the evolution of dance.
- JPW's real purpose (Jenn Zatorski Assistant Scene editor)
I remember being told that there are three times when you are important at Notre Dame: 1) Freshman Orientation, 2) Junior Parent's Weekend and 3) Graduation. Well, the Class of 2001 has finally emerged from the anonymity of sophomore year and made it to No. 2: JPW. This weekend is dedicated to our families and us. Are you ready to bask in the spotlight?
- Saving yourself when you cannot save a friend (Anonymous Notre Dame student)
Yes, this is another article about eating disorders. I know you've had your fill. From the myriad of testimonials, which appeared last semester in The Observer to every awareness article you've read this week, you are on the brink of developing a new disorder — a sickness spawned by reading too many sob stories about young women who suffer from either bulimia or anorexia.
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