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February 2012
Hey, look, it’s that guy you’ve seen in lots of movies and TV shows
BYRichard Riehle ’70 has been known as many things in his career: character actor, theater standout and, more than anything, as the “jump to conclusions” guy from the movie Office Space (1999).
Read full articleBelieving: Lent again
BYOn Ash Wednesday, the 12:10 Mass in the crypt of Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart was more crowded than usual. It was to be expected. On Sundays and 10 other holy days, Church law requires Catholics to be at Mass, but not on Ash Wednesday, when every Mass seems nevertheless to be jammed to the rafters.
Read full articleThe Common Good: Does selfishness really explain everything?
BYEconomists recently have recognized a need to revise the picture of economic behavior portrayed in homo economicus, the long-held view that people act on the basis of self-interest alone. There is increasing recognition that a good deal of human behavior is not explained by the concept.
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BYThis edition of Networthy offers a roundup of commentary on the contraception controversy regarding the U.S. Health and Human Services rule that requires almost all employers to offer contraception in their medical insurance plans.
Read full articleThe Playroom: The brushoff
BYMy son walks into my bedroom. He has discovered something in the depths of the bathroom linen closet or perhaps buried on a back shelf of the medicine cabinet. It’s about an inch square.
Read full articleThis is the man who will fix South Bend
BYDavid Matthews isn’t your typical builder. He broke ground on his first confirmed real estate success, the innovative Ivy Quad development that rises near the Notre Dame campus, the the year the housing bubble popped, when he was 26.
Read full article‘Stay at home, Mom?’
BYAnd here we are, the quintessential stay-at-home red button crisis issue. Our kid is only kind of sick, and we can’t figure out if we should send him to school or not.
Read full articleA trip to the archives?
BYDrilling for oil and doing archival research share similarities. Both pursuits involve targeting a location, probing the territory for what you’re hoping to find, and either making a strike or moving on to another place to drill.
Read full articleMolarity Classic 116-119
BYStrips 116-119 of the popular comic strip Molarity, which previewed in The Observer in 1977, continue to follow the protest over the housing lottery. The double strip takes a look at the excitement of a close football bowl game.
Read full articleA World that Works for Everyone
BYA Mendoza professor is a leader in a global movement to save the planet and ourselves by sharing what we all have in common.
Read full articleHow could they?
BYIt started as a tour of Civil War sites, but the end result was much deeper.
Read full articleND Folk Choir releases first live CD
BYThe live album, From Gethsemani to Galway, charts the 30-year journey of the Folk Choir.
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BYPirates and the Protestant Reformation, anti-matter and crying babies. Those are some of the topics covered in this edition of Networthy. One thing is certain: No one can ever accuse Notre Dame people of having narrow interests.
Read full articleThe Playroom: Normal boy stuff
BYWhen my son was 3, I signed him up for skating lessons at the local ice rink. Somehow now, four years later, I’m a hockey mom. And I spend a lot of time lacing up skates in boys’ locker rooms.
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