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Vol XXXIII No. 105

Friday, March 24, 2000

  Commentaries

Notre Dame should assume founding position in Workers' Rights Consortium
Letter to the Editor

The conversation between top Notre Dame officials, leaders of the Progressive Student Alliance and student supporters this past Tuesday on anti-sweatshop initiatives was in many ways a model for such conversations. Two very simple questions were not asked and no information ... [more]
We are all guilty of racial profiling
Letter to the Editor

I have been considering ideas for a Viewpoint letter ever since I heard the verdict of the Diallo case a few weeks ago. For those that do not know, Armadou Diallo was a 22-year-old West African who had immigrated to New ... [more]
Concrete destroys campus beauty
Letter to the Editor

When I was a kid visiting this campus, soaking up the Saturday morning football atmosphere and the cool fall air, there was always one particular memory of Notre Dame that stood out. The campus, full of large oak trees, famous buildings, ... [more]
Everybody wins, take a trophy
Joanna Mikulski
Tuesday Voice on Friday

Last week, somebody swiped the Oscar statuettes from a loading dock. Who took them? I wondered. Perhaps a fan of Jim Carrey's, perturbed by the Academy's failure to grant him a best actor nomination, pilfered the gold-plated trophies in protest. Maybe ... [more]
Graffiti Dance is part of a larger `meat market'
Letter to the Editor

In response to the recent controversy surrounding the Graffiti Dance, let me take time to defend it. The Graffiti Dance is Notre Dame reality. It may not be pretty, it may be a meat market, but that is Notre Dame. In ... [more]


Inside Column
Firing Ideological Blanks
Dustin Ferrell
Assistant Viewpoint

Ah, gun control. The issue makes otherwise intelligent people sound like complete buffoons. So it's no surprise that a debate on the issue should be prominent at Notre Dame, where intelligence abounds, but common sense is as easy to find as ... [more]


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