Four years in review: Students comment on campus controversies
Let students choose
Allow 21-year-old students to drink alcohol while tailgating, no matter the tailgating "sponsor." On the whole, Notre Dame students are pretty responsible. Allow those of us who are legal to support our storied football program and have a good time doing it. After all, in less than a year we will be in the real world, and I think we would benefit from learning for ourselves to make wise decisions regarding alcohol ...
Without our student body, what would Notre Dame be? ... The University needs to grant us the courtesy and leniency needed for us to develop as members of society during the course of our four years here. To be ready for the real world, students make choices, and sometimes make mistakes. Above all, most schools recognize that part of college life is in being free to explore who we are ...
The Notre Dame traditions of family and faith will never die, but unless we make our voices heard, the independent spirit of our student body may soon fade away.
Matthew Smith
senior
off campus
Nov. 26, 2001
All Viewpoint Stories for Friday, May 17, 2002
