In my four years at Notre Dame, there was always one thing you could count on: the members of the administration of the University of Notre Dame would carry out their idea of moral justice with a heavy hand, with little or no regard for anyone else's principles or opinions. They ran things "by the book." While this was frustrating at times, they could at least be respected for their consistency, and the emphasis that they placed on morality.

If was frustrating all the times Notre Dame refused to recognize an official homosexual student group. It was frustrating when the Women's Resource Center was placed on probation for having Planned Parenthood pamphlets. It was frustrating when Father Garrick was banned from saying mass at the Basilica after he came out as a celibate homosexual. However, these were moral clashes; it was easy to see that good people could disagree on these issues.

I lost a lot of sleep and a lot of faith in Notre Dame because of the aforementioned incidents.

They won't hold a candle to the shock, dismay and disgust I'll feel if Cooper Rego is allowed to come to the Notre Dame campus for this Saturday's football game.

This is a clear case of right and wrong; there isn't much room for opinion and interpretation. As the result of a campus disciplinary hearing for sexual assault, Cooper Rego was banned for life from the Notre Dame campus. If Notre Dame chooses to allow him on campus, it will be an act of moral hypocrisy of the highest order.

I hope and pray that the administration of Notre Dame values their principles, their promises and their integrity more than they value a football game.

Dan Connolly

class of '98

Oct. 10, 2001

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