Holding out hope in students and alumni
Letter to the Editor
Our Notre Dame Family, we address you as members of our family. Our brothers, sisters, friends; we came to this school in the pursuit of more than an education — we came in pursuit of a community in which we could all feel accepted. Hand picked by the admissions office, each one of us worked hard to get here and work harder each day to stay an integral part of this community. But we are not perfect. We make mistakes, piss off friends, get ejected from football games for doing pushups in the stands and even get thrown out of Reckers for spilling things. We are human, what can you expect?
We expected a Catholic community, a caring community, to look at the wrong of a fellow student and while not condoning it, forgive it. We are just as frustrated as anyone else is at the outcome of the Syracuse game. We are even more upset, however, with the reactions of our fellow students and alumni — the name-calling, finger pointing and threatening gestures — towards one of their own. We wonder if you would react the same if it was your roommate, your friend — you? We ponder what words you could find to say to your parents if your fellow students wouldn't stop threatening you, just for the sake of a game?
Our expectations have not been completely disregarded, however, for we find some solace in the "class act" of the basketball team. We have discovered in them a source of inspiration, and we hope that you, our family, can do the same. We have not given up on you, in hopes that you will give back to the Notre Dame community a little of the respect it has lost in the past few days, we say to the him: Although we believe what you did lacked a bit of common sense, we still support you wholeheartedly.
Kristin Corcoran
Sophomore, McGlinn Hall
Gretchen Danysh
Sophomore, Pasquerilla East Hall
Kathy Gerschutz
Sophomore, Pasquerilla East Hall
Libby Kaufman
Sophomore,Pasquerilla East Hall
March 5, 2000
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