Students comment on parietals, protest
Adam Frick
senior
This letter is in response to the criticisms made by Brigid Sweeney and Ben Powers Tuesday regarding the protest over parietals which took place last night.
I think somebody's missing the point. You two are bemoaning students for protesting? Since when is there a guage set for the general worth of a protest? I guess we should take note of schools like Berkeley, New York University or Oberlin, since they always seem to find some saucy reason to have a sit-in or march.
But those schools probably don't have a Big Brother-type administration overlooking everything the students do and underacknowledging them for any sort of independent thought. Keep in mind that when antiwar sentiments during Vietnam reached their climax, President Hesburgh responded to those surly Notre Dame students by officially designating a whole 15 minutes of a single day for a planned demonstration, after which anyone caught protesting would be kicked out of school.
Protest isn't about nobility, or even tact. It's about being frustrated and trying to do something, anything about it.
Adam Frick
senior
off-campus
May 1, 2001
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