Is Notre Dame cool?

ddjones007
Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:26:18 +0000

Downright frigid! We went to visit our son, and our daughter went on her admitted student campus visit, over the weekend. I was waiting to see a dog sled with huskies gliding across the quad–but it was probably too cold for the dogs!

Despite this, she is still excited to be going there, as my son is to be there now.

If you can walk through sub-zero temps with even more ridiculous wind chills, as the snow blinds your face in arctic conditions, and still be excited to attend there, it must be pretty cool, I’d say.

Liberals fit in just fine at ND. Perhaps even cooler, in my estimation, is that conservatives do, too.

Besides, there’s a place for people who aren’t big into parietals…it’s called off-campus housing. It’s the decision I made my senior year there, and didn’t regret for a moment. Loved my time on campus, too. Bottom line, if you think the rules are goofy or oppressive, once you pass your freshman year, you can escape them off campus.