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Vol XXXVII No. 84

Friday, January 31, 2003

  Commentaries

Responding to SMC pro-choice sponsorship
Trip to Washington supports an immoral cause
Eric Glass
Class of 2000

Sometimes you hear that there are terrible problems in Catholic higher education, but then you read about something like the women from across the road who were flown to Washington, D.C. to support the brutal and gruesome destruction of innocent unborn ... [more]
Responding to SMC pro-choice sponsorship
Questioning College's Catholic identity
Heidi Wilbershied
co-president

Saint Mary's claims that it fosters an environment of intellectual, emotional and spiritual growth. One must wonder, however, what sort of spirituality is indeed being fostered at a Catholic institution that has encouraged and financially enabled its students to lobby for ... [more]
State of the Union serves up something for everyone
Gary Caruso

Perched atop a national stage at the State of the Union joint session of Congress this week, President George Bush delivered a dramatic yet somber message that could be characterized as a tale of two nations. Sounding like a Democrat during ... [more]
Alcohol laws save lives
Michael Romano
junior

I can understand Juan Bernal's frustration, expressed in his Jan. 28 letter, with laws prohibiting alcohol to people under 21. They are hypocritical, but they are hardly sterile, worthless or counterproductive. Last year I might have made the same arguments as ... [more]
Seize the chance to voice opinions
Observer Editorial

Perhaps it is because the weather is not favorable to sidewalk chalk wars. Perhaps it is because the football season has ended. Whatever the reason, cheers to Air Force ROTC, the College Democrats, the College Republicans, Notre Dame United Muslim Organization, ... [more]


Inside Column
Happy New Year!
Sarah Nestor
Saint Mary's Editor

Happy New Year! I know it has only been a month since we celebrated New Year's Eve but you can start 2003 all over again by celebrating the Chinese New Year. Just when you had forgotten about all of your New ... [more]


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