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Vol XXXIII No. 41

Thursday, October 28, 1999

  Commentaries

Pius XII should be seen as a hero
By GABRIEL MARTINEZ

Your neighbor takes your family hostage. You've learned he is going to rob a bank, but he warns you that if you call the police, your family will die. What do you do? You call the bank, alert them, and ask ... [more]
Let us make our own health decisions
By NAKASHA AHMAD

I don't smoke. I have never smoked. In fact, I have had a deep-rooted antipathy to smoking since birth. I was the kind of kid who would lecture adults about the dangers of smoking and how it can cause cancer. When ... [more]
Awareness march a success
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

I am writing this letter to recognize and thank all of the women and men who helped to make Saint Mary's "Take Back the Woods" a success. I am deeply grateful to the Feminist Collective, the YWCA, Dr. Catherine Pittman and ... [more]
Crawford is the embarrassment
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Well, here we go again — only at Notre Dame could the two main topics of conversation and debate consistently be football and homosexuality. Mary Crawford's Oct. 15 letter to the editor did nothing if not contribute to my disbelief that ... [more]


Inside Column
Amen
By: ERICA THESING
Associate News Editor

As the final seconds on the stadium clock tick down after every home game, thousands of people pour from the bleachers and take off in a great race. While some rush to the parking lots or dinner reservations in town, others ... [more]


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