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Vol XXXV No. 97

Friday, February 22, 2002

  Commentaries

Why can't we all hear voices?
Joanna Mikulski
Tuesday Voice on Friday

I often feel overwhelmed by expectations and opinions. I remember one e-mail from the office of Dean Roche sent to all sophomores and juniors within the College of Arts and Letters this fall. It detailed a list of options that students ... [more]
Understanding a different life
Maite Uranga
Life in Africa

Last week I looked in a mirror larger than 3 inches by 3 inches for the first time in about four and a half months. It scared me. I did not recognize myself. I looked older. My hair is bleached out ... [more]
Agree to disagree
Jesse Daniel Schomer
law student

I am tragically male. Worry ye not because I do not intend to lament about reverse discrimination or any such nonsense. I am a white male, meaning that social amenities are more readily available to me than to any other segment ... [more]
`Free speech' limited
Peter Zavodnyik
class of '92

Paul Schofield in a letter yesterday entitled, "Knights misunderstand free speech," attacks the criticisms of the Knights of Columbus and claims they do not understand free speech. May I suggest that it is Schofield — along with much of the rest ... [more]
Bring `Monologues' into the open
Observer Editorial

Saint Mary's took an enlightened step forward with President Marilou Eldred's decision not to fight an unofficial reading of "The Vagina Monologues" that will take place on campus this Tuesday. Last year, when a similar event was organized after the play ... [more]
Quote of the Day
Oscar Wilde
writer

"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." Oscar Wilde writer ... [more]


Inside Column
Warning: preserve print credits before it's too late
Helena Payne
Assistant News Editor

The day finally happened and I want to send a warning to Notre Dame students that they could soon suffer the same experience. Recently, I went to DeBartolo's computer lab to print a paper 15 minutes before class. Like many without ... [more]


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