| Vol XXXV No. 99 |
Tuesday, February 26, 2002 |
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How I learned to love the Olympics
Scott Flipse
Urbanities
 The Salt Lake City Winter Olympics will be long remembered for its politics, plots and intrigues. I will confess that the various controversies have interested me more than the Games themselves. I'm sure there have been enough inspiring moments to fill ... [more]
Homosexual acts are categorically wrong
Charles Rice
Right or Wrong?
The American Academy of Pediatrics recently announced its support for legislation to allow children born to or adopted by one member of a same-sex couple to be adopted by the other member of that couple. In light of this and other ... [more]
Alienating allies could prove destructive
Derek Vollmer
senior
President "George V.F.W. Bush" is confused, to borrow the opening statement of Mike Marchand's Viewpoint column yesterday. While Marchand's column is admittedly a parody, his underlying message that critics of recent U.S. foreign policy are snobbish or anti-American is rather explicit. ... [more]
Remember the suffering Christ of `fact'
Shannon and Frank Valenzuela
graduate students
It's sad that a person who has had 15 years of Catholic education would ask why humor about God would make people uncomfortable. After 15 years, he should know the answer. According to Muto, people are squeamish about these jokes because ... [more]
Quote of the Day
Albert Einstein
physicist
"Only two things are infinite — the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the former." Albert Einstein physicist ... [more]
NDToday/Observer Poll Question
Vote at NDToday.com by Thursday at 5 p.m.
Should the dining halls serve meat on Fridays during Lent? Vote at NDToday.com by Thursday at 5 p.m. ... [more]
Empty craters full of pain
By NOREEN GILLESPIE
Managing editor
I didn't feel like I had a right to be there. It wasn't my disaster, it wasn't my tragedy. This massive loss of life, this memorial, belonged to the souls who lost their lives and the people who loved them. It's ... [more]
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