With respect, I think that The Vagina Monologues are a great deal different than any events I've heard or read about. To take the full measure of the obscene character of this play, one need only examine the lengthy passages we provide on our web site. It is because of the extraordinary nature of this play that we and so many others have focused on its approval as a telling sign of the deterioration of Catholic sensibility at Notre Dame. This is not to say that there is not a good deal more that is objectionable. We will shortly provide a report on the student-authored production "Loyql Daughters," which, through its descriptions of illicit sex among students, is because of that circumstance arguably even more objectionable than The Vagina Monologues, even though the language is much tamer and the accounts of consensual sex do not overwhelm those of sexual abuse. One could also reproduce so-called humor essays from The Scholastic that often dwell upon sex and drinking, usually in combination; complaints in The Observer about pornography in the halls; and no doubt a good deal more. For my part, I think there is little question that alcohol abuse is a serious problem and the root of both sexual abuse and illicit consensual sex. Still, I think there is also little question that Notre Dame does better in these respects than the vast majority of colleges and universities; and while that is setting the bar very low, it is a fact that I think we should acknowledge even as we criticize. Moreover, we at Project Sycamore are committed to basing our reports only on facts that we know to be true and that are sufficient in scope to establish whatever point we are making. It is difficult to meet those standards with respect to many matters. But since our success in the end will turn in large measure on our credibility, we often forgo reporting what we think is probably true if we cannot be reasonably certain and are able to cite the evidence upon which we rely. This means, to be sure, that events and practices that do not comport with the standards to be expected of a Catholic university will doubtless go unreported. But this is the price we must pay for maintaining the high level of responsibility necessary to insure our credibility when we do speak. That said, the contributor is plainly right in saying that there is more that goes on than The Vagina Monologues that would be viewed with great dismay by parents were they to know, and we do pay attention to all of it and welcome communications on the subject. The authors of the most recent study of Catholic universities and colleges report that administrators uniformly identified student campus life as the subject they least want parents to inquire about. And the administrators doubtless know what they're talking about.