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Vol XXXIV No. 127

Tuesday, April 24, 2001

  Commentaries

Lessons from childhood
Brittany Morehouse
It's All About Anthropology

Arguably, one of the greatest books of all time is "The Little Prince" by Antoine de St. Exupery. Its lines are memorable and its lessons priceless. Not really a child's story, yet not really a book for adults, its significance is ... [more]
Quote of the day
George Bernard Shaw
writer

"Youth is such a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children." George Bernard Shaw writer ... [more]
`Neoliberalism 101' draws criticism
Pointless civil disobedience
Christine Niles
Notre Dame Law School

This article is in response to Monday's column entitled "Neoliberalism 101." It is hard to know where to begin. First of all, Mr. Kreider's analysis of the violence undertaken in Quebec City is altogether too one-sided. Thousands of protesters violently (not ... [more]
`Neoliberalism 101' draws criticism
Embracing free trade
Brian Passikoff
Graduate Student

This letter is in repsonse to a column entitled "Neoliberalism 101" from Monday's issue of The Observer. Like the vast majority of protesters in Quebec City, Aaron Kreider's heart is in the right place, but his intellectual arguments about free trade ... [more]
Somebody is out to get you
Molly Strzelecki
Growing Up to be a Kid

There is something out to get me. There is something out to get me and bring me down like a sack of gold-plated bricks, spinning me on a downward spiral into poop. I will tell you what this thing is, because ... [more]


Inside Column
Answered questions
Christine Kraly
Senior Staff Writer

In my attempt to understand human beings more fully, I have assembled a list of what I consider unexplained phenomena. They appear to be obvious questions with obvious answers. But just think: do you get it? Read on and see if ... [more]


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