Spring Break
As an op-ed writer, it's easy to fall into a solipsistic mindset about your small corner of the paper. After all, every week you have to convince yourself that your opinions are good enough to be out there for public consumption, and that you are writing on something worthy of comment.
Michael Burdell's Sept. 26 piece titled "Time for Weis to go," while articulate, is uninformed and unnecessary. First, we need to take a look at Notre Dame during and after Ty. Ty couldn't win with his and Davie guys. Davie was a good recruiter who recruited McKnight, Stovall, etc.
Why not vote? Unfortunately, voting does not make you free and voting in this election will not make you any freer. The liberty and freedom this country was founded on, consistently paid lip service by politicians and citizens alike, have consistently eroded (when not denied altogether) since that foundation.
Say what you will about Notre Dame's relationship with SBPD and the excise police, but as long as we lack a true student neighborhood, we will continue to debate a never-ending issue. Let's face it, college students just don't mix with families. What baffles me is not the enforcement of the drinking laws, the response to neighbor complaints or the numerous busts I've seen in my four years here.
The multi-agency "raid" on an off-campus house Sept. 21, in which 37 Notre Dame students were arrested for underage drinking, must be one of the most colossal wastes of resources in St. Joseph's County history. According to reports, members of SUDS, St. Joseph's County Police, Indiana Excise Police and the Indiana State Police joined forces - not to break up a crack ring, but to arrest University of Notre Dame students who were drinking (gasp!) beer out of a keg.
Notre Dame Student Body: Please, please, please do not do the chop after a first down. We are not Florida State University; not only do our athletes and students actually graduate, but we have more class. Freshmen, don't start it; it's really not that cool.
Ethan, I thought you were out of my life forever. Last year, over Christmas break, I had my tonsils removed and a deviated septum fixed in my nose. For a few weeks, I couldn't do much except eat soft food, pop Percocet like it was candy and watch "Lost." I never got into "Lost" when it first premiered, but when I was stuck at home in the recliner, I decided it would be a good time to check it out.