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Vol XXXIII No. 46

Friday, November 5, 1999

  Commentaries

We need not worry about Y2K
By JEFFREY LANGAN

As the millennium approaches, the ill effects of the Y2K virus are foremost on our minds. As presented in the media, the virus will shut down computers and computer chips that are essential to the running of factories, utilities, cars, businesses, ... [more]
Rakowski presents helpful argument
By TODD DAVID WHITMORE

Professor James Rakowski's Sept. 30 letter put forward a thought experiment that involved six situations of income distribution and prioritized among the situations using the philosopher John Rawls. He concluded by asking how Catholic teaching might prioritize. The thought experiment ... [more]
WVFI policy change will take time
LETTER TO THE EDITOR

I am writing this letter in response to one of our "fans" that was writing to criticize the Administration for "pulling the plug" on WVFI. After broadcasting on 640 AM, not 660 AM, for over 20 years the station along ... [more]


Inside Column
No Way Out
Angela Campos
Lab Tech

I'm sure everyone realizes what their situation is at some point, but the state I recently found myself in struck me as an interesting coincidence over break. One day, I'm in school, stressing over my Latin quizzes and questions for Core. ... [more]


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