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Vol XXXIII No. 18

Thursday, September 16, 1999

  Commentaries

You have to love what you know
Center for Social Concerns

"If you want to know something, you have to love it" — one of the first things uttered from Professor Andrew Weigert as I sat and decided whether or not I wanted to bother with trying to get into this "environment ... [more]
Sprinkler excess makes sense only for mosquitos
Letter to the editor

I like water. It cools my body, looks cool in photographs, and makes a woman's T-shirt that much more pleasing to look at. Water also keeps the grass green, but during my short time here at ND, it has also begged ... [more]
Noble idea suffers lopsided logic
Letter to the editor

This is in response to the report in yesterday's Observer on Victor DeNobles talk about the tobacco industry, and its effort to hide facts from the public that would have affected the industry. Such revelations have been in the news for ... [more]
Football more important than academics
Letter to the editor

I am writing this letter in response to Kyle Smith's letter to the Observer in yesterday's paper. The idea that Mr. Smith would like to get rid of the football team is one of the most unbelievable letters I have ever ... [more]


Inside Column
Walking in their footsteps
Laura Petelle

Walking around the campus in the beauty of the early fall, I'm struck by how close I feel to my parents. My dad was a Domer and my mom was a Belle. And it seems to me that in the fall, ... [more]


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