| Vol XXXIV No. 8 |
Thursday, August 31, 2000 |
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Keeping Local Reporters Honest
Cappy Gagnon
Cappy's Corner
 As a service to Observer readers, I have appointed myself to monitor the daily paper in Riverbend and to correct misinformation. This column is about some recent items. When the NCAA assessed a two-scholarship penalty against the football program last year, ... [more]
Quote of the Day
Walter Lippmann
writer
"Journalism is the last refuge of the vaguely talented." Walter Lippmann writer ... [more]
Life imitating "Survivor"
Guest column
Kevin Pride
DURHAM, N.C. "Survivor" is over, and this week will be the first Wednesday in quite a while that millions of Americans won't find themselves marooned around their television sets to watch the newest episode. It's kind of sad, really. For months, ... [more]
Announcing forum on ticket distribution
Letter to the Editor
Since the last official "Football Ticket Camp-Out" in the fall of 1998, the administration of the University of Notre Dame sought to change the mechanism by which students receive their football tickets. In the wake of this decision, the administration appealed ... [more]
Except acceptance
Kiflin Turner
Copy Editor
College. As a highschool student I would think about that word and what it meant for hours. I had spent my whole life going to school, studying, preparing for the opportunity to attain something more — the path to knowledge. This ... [more]
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