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Vol XXXIII No. 129

Monday, May 1, 2000

  Commentaries

No 'ultimate sap' in this goodbye
Nakasha Ahmad

So. This is my last regular column as an undergraduate student at Saint Mary's. I'd always thought that I'd put a lot of time and effort, a lot of sweat and tears, into my last column here. After all, I've ... [more]
Money mentality causes debt, sacrifices quality students
Letter to the editor

Like hundreds of my fellow students probably did, I received a half-joking, half-scared e-mail from my father the day he got Father Malloy's letter in the mail regarding the tuition increase. The lowest percentage increase of tuition in two decades, huh? ... [more]
Fatherhood should take precedence over political ideology
Letter to the editor

While I do not particularly care for the histrionics displayed by Elián's Miami family, I do oppose the recent INS action against the same. From a legal standpoint, the recent "search and seizure" carries far reaching implications, not just for Cubans, ... [more]
SI article paints skewed picture of ND
Letter to the editor

While the April 28 Sports Illustrated article on the Notre Dame football program raises a number of valid issues, I wonder why the admissions office deems it necessary to even speak with SI when the article's intent is to paint an ... [more]
ROTC is cause to mourn
Letter to the editor

Mourning, surely, is the deepest form of protest. And so, Pax Christi-ND mourns the ROTC Presidential Review that took place on South Quad last Wednesday. Indeed, that this glorification of violence took place at a Catholic university named after the mother ... [more]


Inside Column
Red and Proud
Laura Petelle
Senior Staff Writer

Although you'd never know it from my picture, I have red hair. I spent many years trying to deny this, even going so far as trying to dye my hair brown. The dye actually only made my hair look redder. It's ... [more]


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