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Vol XXXIII No. 124

Tuesday, April 18, 2000

  Commentaries

Running in back of the pack
Kate Rowland
Read This, It May Save Your Life

The snow on the ground and the 15 degree windchill just added to the irony of the Christmas in April run Saturday, April 8. As the participants gathered in Stepan before the race, I heard one guy say to his running ... [more]
A younger brother's lesson on love
Letter To the Editor

I never thought I would learn a lesson about love from my younger brother. Joseph Patrick Kepferle. My little brother by two and a half years. Everyone knew him as Pat. I've always admired my brother for his incredible spirit and ... [more]
Absence of meat in dining hall is not repressive
Letter to the Editor

Friday, April 7, Joanna Mikulski said that with meatless Fridays, "The decision to consume or not to consume meat is taken from me." Non-Catholics and non-practicing Catholics want to choose meat on Fridays but they cannot. It is, quite clearly, a ... [more]
Abhorring student apathy
Letter to the Editor

Pick your vice; today's society offers us a multitude of personal flaws to which we can choose to succumb. You name it — addictions, hatred, envy, vanity — the list goes on. Licentiousness is as universal as are the complaints about ... [more]


Inside Column
Hey, baby
By Mike Vanegas
Senior Staff Writer

As a 21-year-old senior getting ready to enter the big bad world of the 21st century, I must acknowledge an acceptance of one of God's dearest gifts – baby-making. Now, this has nothing to do with anything relevant to contemporary issues ... [more]


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