Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
Students walked out of Pence’s speech.
“The move was not totally unexpected, since the student organization WeStaNDFor had shared their plans ahead of time. They believe that the politics Pence, the former Indiana governor who was raised Catholic, represented contradicted the Catholic social virtues Notre Dame extols.”
“Our members lived in South Bend when Mike Pence was governor,” the group said in a statement. “We know all too well how his policies endangered or caused direct harm to public education, health care, women’s rights, the environment, LGBTQ individuals, immigrants and refugees, reproductive rights, local infrastructure, the economy of our state, and more.”
Hang on – reproductive rights? That’s Liberal code speak for “abortion” which Pence opposes but so does the Catholic Church. Doesn’t Notre Dame oppose it, too? Isn’t protecting innocent life a Catholic social value?
Are these kids heretics, Protestants or simply idiots?
(Ahem, Joe – might wanna pick some better comparisons – Your Pro-Life Protestant Editor)
Notre Dame used to stand for something. It could again. If you walk out on the Vice President of the United States during commencement, that indicates you failed to learn the values of inclusiveness, of open-minded discussion, of discovery and examination of issues from all points of view, of basic human respect AND respect for his office; it’s an insult not only to him but to this entire campus who you embarrassed. In consequence, you don’t graduate from Notre Dame. Take your credits someplace where that behavior is tolerated. We’ll share your transcript same as anyone else, you can take your credits over to leftist U and get their diploma but you won’t have one with our name on it. You failed the final exam, and there is no do-over.
Joe Doakes
If only.
Although suffice to say I will never hire any of them, if it’s my call…
I met a post doc PhD from ND. He had a side job doing psychotherapy. He said the religious values clashed heavily with the way college kids actually behave, plus many are from loaded families that had financial track records that would be hard to live up to. He didn’t recommend it for undergrad.
P.S. What SAT / ACT level is ND undergrad? Carleton level? St. Olaf? Their graduate stuff is a big deal from what I understand.
If you’re a bright Catholic kid, especially if you attend a Catholic high school, Notre Dame is almost certainly on your radar, because it’s still the Holy Grail. My high school guidance counselor was quite disappointed with me, because I had no interest in going there.
To answer TFS’s question, you need top scores to get in — its academic reputation is just below the Ivy League. Of course, foolishness is endemic in all precincts of academe.
“Notre Dame used to stand for something. It could again.”
No it can’t. That ship has sailed. The culture warriors have rotted out the guts of Notre Dame just like they’ve despoiled all the other universities. The Catholic hierarchy is made up of fallible human beings and in this case they’re playing out the maxim: “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.” National Socialism has eclipsed Christianity and why should Catholic bishops miss out on the fun?
Notre Dame used to stand for outstanding football. It could again.
that indicates you failed to learn the values of inclusiveness…
No, JD. They failed to learn. Period. Parent’s money wasted.
Thank you Mr. D.