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Vol XXXIII No. 29

Friday, October 1, 1999

  Commentaries

Get used to lackluster football
Jeff Langan
Lula's Journal

Over the past two weeks, we have seen many complaints in this paper about the lackluster performance of this year's football team. Get used to it. The administration and the athletic department are no longer committed to producing an excellent football ... [more]
A Response to Mr. Keady
Todd David Whitmore
The Common Good

Last Monday, James Keady spoke at the symposium on sweatshops. I invited Mr. Keady because I thought that his analysis of the situation would be both timely and provocative. He did not disappoint. He told of his experience as a graduate ... [more]
University offers assistance for victims of eating disorders
Letter to the Editor

I am commenting on the Sept. 27 Viewpoint article entitled "ND needs to hear the silent screams of eating disorders." The author presents a powerful picture of the nature and extent of eating disorders within the college student population and specifically ... [more]
History of Church book banning rips hole in Vinck's argument
Letter to the Editor

Yet again, I have finished another installment of Sean Vinck's column, and yet again, I am left shaking my head in disbelief. As usual, the self-styled Pat Buchanan of Notre Dame has once again reiterated his pro-Church, ultra-conservative dogma — this ... [more]


Inside Column
The Panchen Lama
A.J. Boyd

It was near the end May 1995, and I had just returned from two months in Siberia. Trying to catch up on world events, I set to scanning accumulated copies of The Seattle Times for world-changing events that I may have ... [more]


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