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The Playroom: The beer equation

By Maraya Goyer Steadman ’89, ’90MBA

I have kids and they knock over everything, including my beer. There seems to be some direct proportional relationship to the amount I spend on a beer and how fast it ends up in my shoe. Beer at the ball park, two sips and yup, I’ve got soggy socks.

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Networthy ND 18

By Notre Dame Magazine staff

Notre Dame bloggers offer a wealth of items from the informative to fun. Find out what ND research Jay Leno talked about in his monologue.

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Molarity Classic 91-95

By Michael Molinelli '82

Strips 91-95 of the popular comic strip Molarity, which previewed in The Observer in 1977, take a trip on the mass transit side.

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Journeys of a Class Ring

By Carrie Mitsch Chiarella ’85

I lost my Notre Dame class ring in 1987, somewhere on the grounds of the Ireland Army Community Hospital at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Although I ’ve since replaced it, I always wonder: Where is my first ND ring?

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How to prevent war and be secure

By Sebastian Rosato

The United States recently wound down a protracted war in Iraq and is currently fighting one in Afghanistan. What policy should Washington adopt with respect to a turbulent Middle East and a rising China? What policy can the United States pursue that will keep it safe while minimizing the chances of war?

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The Playroom: Stroller miles

By Maraya Goyer Steadman ’89, ’90MBA

My daughter and I took a walk to the park today. An ordinary day and ordinary walk, except that today is the last day of our summer vacation. Her hair bleached by the sun and chlorine from the pool, days at the lake and afternoons at the park.

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Ted Top Ten Movies

By Ted Barron

Ted Barron, cinema manager for Notre Dame’s Browning Cinema, says, “We want to create an experience people want to come back to.” Here are his Top 10 films.

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Unbalanced: Breaking up is hard to do

By Carol Schaal '91M.A.

This break-up is making me tear my hair out. I’ve had easier times dumping boyfriends. In the past, it was easy for me to change stylists.

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Far Afield: The NFL’s David Bruton goes back to school

By Jason Kelly '95

David Bruton, ND class of 2009, couldn’t disguise himself for long. As a substitute teacher last spring during the NFL lockout, the Denver Broncos free safety tried to keep his football career a secret. A bunch of second-graders found him out.

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Molarity Redux: Bar banter

By Michael Molinelli '82

Welcome to Molarity Redux, the 22nd strip in the updated, continuing adventures of Jim Mole and friends. Time for a trip to the Linebacker.

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Believing: Inflammatory forgiveness

By Michael Garvey '74

In addition to its being the 10th anniversary of that terrible day, this September 11th is, according to the Catholic liturgical calendar, the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Mass readings for the day are from the Book of Sirach (“Wrath and anger are hateful things, yet the sinner hugs them tight. . . . If one who is but flesh cherishes wrath, who will forgive his sins?”).

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The Playroom: Lemonade

By Maraya Goyer Steadman ’89, ’90MBA

It’s late summer so we are doing summer things, like going to art fairs when its 90 degrees outside. There is no dad in America who thinks this is a good idea.

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The Common Good: Labor Day thoughts

By Charles K. Wilber

Catholic Social teaching claims, most forcefully in Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Laborem excercens, that work is integral to the development of the human person.

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Far Afield: My wild ND guesses

By Jason Kelly '95

Apparently some “scientist” has “proven” that predictions, no matter how informed the prognosticators, are no better than wild guesses. So I guess that makes me the equivalent of an expert. Remember that as you read my wild guesses about how the 2011 Notre Dame football season will unfold.

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