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Vol XXXIV No. 127

Wednesday, April 25, 2001

  Commentaries

Finals a breeze for the organized
Scott Blaszak
The Early Essays

The lines outside computer clusters are long nowadays, and the second floor of Hesburgh is beginning to look like a refugee camp again, which can only mean one thing: Finals season is approaching. The kind people running this University try to ... [more]
Accountability in the treatment of prisoners
CSC
For a More Just and Humane World

With more than 2 million inmates in U.S. prisons and a new report documenting extensive abuse in prisons nationwide, the time has come to address the urgent need for greater accountability in the treatment of prisoners. On Friday, April 27, 2001, ... [more]
Keep rankings in proper perspective
Paul Mattingly
Law School class of '75

I would like to offer a few thoughts in response to the letter from Benjamin Jilek about Notre Dame Law School printed in the April 10 edition of The Observer. Anyone with an interest in the Law School is disappointed in ... [more]
Quote of the Day
Joe Hill
executed U.S. labor leader

"Don't mourn for me. Organize." Joe Hill executed U.S. labor leader ... [more]


Inside Column
For Shirley
Mike Connolly
Editor in Chief

Every year, The Observer is forced to celebrate Secretaries Week to honor Shirley Grauel. And when I say "forced," I mean forced because "secretary" doesn't even begin to describe everything Shirley does for this office. If Shirley only performed traditional secretary ... [more]


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