This letter is in response to the recent and ongoing discussion concerning Sorin Hall (alias Sorin College) and its practice in the area of music selection and amplification. I would like to add two brief and somewhat contrasting statements to the letters of Messrs. Labate and Davis.
1. During my time at our dear University, I rather enjoyed the music that often emanated from the windows of Sorin. Furthermore, as far as I remember, I never heard it in the Basilica, even though I spent a good deal of time there as a member of the Notre Dame Liturgical Choir.
2. Unfortunately, du Lac has a different opinion on the subject. I consulted the online version of the handbook and discovered the following: "Because of the disruption, playing music or noise coming from student rooms to the outside is prohibited."
While I do not necessarily agree with this policy and it is clearly not very strongly enforced, I would like to alert the more rules-minded residents of Sorin (and other dorms) of its existence. However, for the reason I gave above (see no. 1), I would rather wish for the policy to be changed than for the music — the soundtrack of the quads — to cease.
Timothy Gotcher
alumnus
Class of 2010
Oct. 12
