| Vol XXXIII No. 17 |
Wednesday, September 15, 1999 |
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Holier-than-thou debates bore
Matthew Loughran
 Cut it out. I am sick and tired of hearing people try to out-Catholic each other. On the one side of the gay issue, you hear that God would not abide by the discrimination against homosexuals. On the other, ... [more]
Forget football program
Letter to the Editor
At the Michigan game two weeks ago, one of the commentators remarked that only five NCAA schools have winning records against Notre Dame. Now noted for academic excellence rather than football greatness, the University of Chicago, Yale and Columbia were three ... [more]
Respect lives of King, Beethoven -- all children
Letter to the Editor
Life does have the ability of homogenizing the black and white to make gray. That's why Catholics are there: to make sense of the gray (a.k.a. mix of right and wrong), again. We are called to be witnesses of the truth ... [more]
Booing at Davie is booing at team
Letter to the Editor
In the words of the great philosopher John "Bluto" Belushi, "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?… Hell no, and it's not over now." I am writing partly in response to the article by alum Kevin Keane, and partly ... [more]
DeBartolo decor is deadly
Letter to the Editor
I note with equal doses of exasperation and bemusement that the cordon sanitaire has been further tightened in DeBartolo Hall. Splayed with comic redundancy at the entrance to every classroom are formal prohibitions on the introductions of food and drink. While ... [more]
My Body is a Temple
C. R. "Teo" Teodoro
"My body is a temple, not to be defiled by the sacreligious act of consuming alcohol." It is exactly one year since I uttered these words. Yes, it was my 21st birthday then, and I did not celebrate it in the ... [more]
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