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Vol XXXIII No. 93

Tuesday, February 29, 2000

  Commentaries

Diversity thwarts GOP's `Big Tent'
Gary Caruso
Capitol Comments

It must be a leap year! Following this column's last publication, an article contending institutionalized bigotry within the Republican Party, I received an avalanche of e-mails that rivaled the recent great Internet hacking attacks on Amazon and eBay. Positions ran about ... [more]
I admit it: I'm a morning person
Kate Rowland
Read This.

They are your siblings, parents, and cousins. They are your friends and your neighbors. They are your professors, your classmates, and, if you're unlucky, your roommates. They are a startling minority on ca.m.pus. You may even be afraid of them and ... [more]
Hey everybody, Re-lax!
Ted Higgins
Junior, St. Edwards Hall

Hurray for Election 2000! Hurray for the top two tickets and the judicial council for orchestrating such a remarkable comedic display about the fallacies inherent in seemingly simple election process! All of your tomfoolery has truly made us laugh! And hurray ... [more]
Big families should not be mocked
Sheryl Miller
Canton, Mass.

I think it's time someone steps up to bat (hello, University leaders and administrators) and defines "Catholic." I read the Feb. 8 guest column [Laura Antkowiak], a Notre Dame student who was ridiculed by her class mates because she came from ... [more]


Inside Column
Things could be worse
Erin LaRuffa
copy editor

I had a lot of homework this weekend, and I took advantage of every opportunity presented to me to complain about it. I whined to my parents over the phone. I grumbled to my friends here at Notre Dame. I griped ... [more]


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