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Vol XXXV No. 33

Thursday, October 11, 2001

  Commentaries

Win one for Kori
Todd David Whitmore
The Common Good

The Observer has reported the story that the University expelled former running back Cooper Rego for sexually assaulting — raping — then-Notre Dame student Kori Pienovi. Mr. Rego was permanently barred from campus. He transferred to West Virginia to play and ... [more]
Quote of the Day
Mark Twain
writer

"Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it." Mark Twain writer ... [more]
Explain policy regarding OutreachND
Marlayna Soenneker
Here We Go Again

When something like Sept. 11 happens, we tend to focus in on it until we forget that anything else is happening in the world. We talk about perspective and remembering what is important, and sometimes we assume that everything that isn't ... [more]
Call for generosity
The Project Warmth Task Force 2001-2002
Center for Social Concerns

We are currently in the process of organizing Project Warmth for the 2001-2002 academic year. Last year we successfully collected approximately 1,800 coats for distribution to the South Bend community and beyond. This achievement could not have been done without the ... [more]
Value promises, integrity
Dan Connolly
class of '98

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 ... [more]
Uphold equal standards
John C. Thurmond
class of `94

I am extremely concerned and even angry at the University's position (or lack of one) regarding Cooper Rego's return to campus for the West Virginia game. By all accounts, the University banned him from campus for sexually assaulting another student. So ... [more]


Inside Column
Practice acceptance on Coming Out Day
Noreen Gillespie
Managing Editor

Teetering back and forth on the metal-chained swings at our grade school playground, swinging fast and furiously above the stable ground below us, my best friend turned to me and told me he was gay. I was 15 years old. And ... [more]


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