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Vol XXXIII No. 127

Wednesday, April 26, 2000

  Commentaries

Things are not always as they seem
Kimmi Martin
Reflections of a Nice Girl

Can what seems like exploitation and degradation to one person not be that for another? I have often wondered what this world would be like if we all thought the same way. Lord knows our society would not be as interesting ... [more]
Quote of the Day
Winston Churchill
former British Prime Minister

"Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." ... [more]
Selma: Reflections
on an anniversary
Kathleen Maas Weigert
For a More Just and Humane World

It was spring 1965 and I was a junior at the University of Minnesota. Selma was about to occur. When I was a child, I lived in a very Catholic, very white world. All of the girls I played with ... [more]
Vouchers provide better educational opportunities
Letter to the Editor

Sheila Bapat's Guest Column, "Will Vouchers End Public Schools" (April 20) was right about one thing: Our government-run schools are failing poor children, and this failure is unacceptable. But her partisan attacks on choice-based reforms are seriously misguided. First, school choice ... [more]
ROTC teaches
moral conduct of war
Letter to the editor

Recent discussions have once again brought up the question of whether or not there should be ROTC at this university. Being in ROTC, I have been asked how I could be in the military in light of my Christian beliefs. The ... [more]
Grandma tells all
Lila Haughey

Family is incredibly important. This is something I have known for a while, but never really thought about. I have come to realize it increasingly over the past three years at Notre Dame. My parents have been divorced since I was ... [more]


Inside Column
Granny knows best
Lila Haughey
Viewpoint Editor

Family is incredibly important. This is something I have known for a while, but never really thought about. I have come to realize it increasingly over the past three years at Notre Dame. My parents have been divorced since I was ... [more]


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