Opinion

The men of Notre Dame request a porn filter

As the Supreme Court stated in Paris Adult Theatre v. Slayton, “A sensitive, key relationship of human existence, central to family life, community welfare and the development of human personality, can be debased and distorted by crass commercial exploitation of sex.” To stand up for our community welfare and human development here at Notre Dame, we need to stand against pornography. A filter on pornography may not end its use on campus, but it will significantly erode its presence. With a filter, every time students attempt to access pornography, they would encounter Notre Dame’s enduring message that pornography is destructive and exploitive.

My culture is not your costume

My Culture is Not Your Costume is a collaborative effort on behalf of the Black Student Association, Latino Student Alliance, Asian American Association, Native American Student Association of Notre Dame, African Student Association and Dome-ish. These groups started this event last year as a response to the abundance of cultural appropriation, insensitive costumes and inappropriate events that arise around Halloween. To facilitate dialogue among Notre Dame Students about how to properly dress and approach their Halloween festivities, we purposefully hosted this event before Oct. 31.

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The misfortune with verbs

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Male fear of false persecution illustrates why we need activism

The value of an ISSLP

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Seeing both sides of the same coin

Trump, Kavanaugh embody dominant male culture

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, the most pronounced form of government hypocrisy has involved the way we treat women as a whole and those who have been sexually assaulted. I get it, almost every industry has shown some hypocritical actions in how it treats women, but the governmental sector seems to be the only industry that doesn’t demand or pursue a level of accountability for the accuser.

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