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Vol XXXV No. 121

Wednesday, April 10, 2002

  Commentaries

ND must respect employee rights and concerns
Paul Graham
Another Perspective

Working in Notre Dame Food Services for two and a half years allowed me to meet many of the workers who cook and prepare our food, clean tables, wash dishes, take out trash, mop floors and clean what we drop — ... [more]
College: a time to challenge, learn and grow
Joe Larson
Principles of Idiocracy

As we all know, college is a bewildering and fascinating institution that we all struggle through in some way or another, trying not to hurt ourselves and most of the time, anyone else. It has become a rite of passage in ... [more]
Quote of the Day
Anna Freud
writer

"Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud writer ... [more]
False humanism ignores true victims
Kelly Fabrega
senior

Brodie Butland's April 8 letter warrants some serious scrutiny. Its most noticeable flaw, however, is its insensitivity. Mr. Butland undermines the victimization of sexually molested children. He refers to this violence as "just a few priests in Boston [being] a little ... [more]
Challenge, but do not attack, Church leaders
Mark DeBoy
class of '00

In response to the April 9 letter "Give the Church a rest," I have a few quick points for Johnny Burns to consider. First of all, the decision by the Church's leaders to cover-up the crimes in Boston and other places ... [more]


Inside Column
The benefit of scandal
Tom Haight
Assistsant Ad Design Manager

I don't think I'm going out on a limb assuming that most of you have probably heard about the recent problems the Catholic Church has been experiencing or by assuming that we all want to see a constructive solution to the ... [more]


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