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Pack A Lunch, Pack A Gun<\/a> (South Bend Tribune 03\/18\/18)<\/em>
Christmas Classic Gets An Update<\/a> (South Bend Tribune 12\/22\/15)<\/em>
You Should Be Mad About The Hunting Ground<\/a> (The Observer 04\/16\/15)<\/em>
Sports Offers the Arena to Raise Awareness of Gun Violence<\/a> (Washington Post 12\/14\/13)<\/em>
The New Lou Part III<\/a> (Notre Dame Magazine 12\/11\/12)<\/em>
Entertaining The Tweeting Irish<\/a> (Notre Dame Magazine 08\/20\/12)<\/em>
The tragic Re-run<\/a> (Notre Dame Magazine 07\/25\/12)<\/em>
The New Lou Part II<\/a> (Notre Dame Magazine 01\/17\/12)<\/em>
Who Knew? The New Lou<\/a> (Notre Dame Magazine Fall 2010)<\/em>
Santa’s Sleigh Spotted in South Bend<\/a> (Indianapolis Star 12\/05\/09)<\/em>
Admit It: You Watched Games To See Buff Americans in HD<\/a> (Indianapolis Star 8\/23\/08)<\/em>
Try This with NCAA Brackets: Seeding by Graduation Rates<\/a> (Indianapolis Star 4\/5\/08)<\/em>
When You Wish Upon a Falling Satellite <\/a>(Indianapolis Star 3\/8\/08)<\/em>
You Won’t Find Gift of Death and Violence Under Tree<\/a> (Indianapolis Star 12\/13\/07)<\/em>
Pity the kids as reality TV sinks to pubescent level<\/a>(Indianapolis Star 9\/29\/07)<\/em>
<\/a>Get serious about TV trash: Ban ads for violent shows<\/a>(Baltimore Sun 5\/20\/07)<\/em>
<\/a>Smile! You’ve Been Used By American Idol<\/a><\/a>(Detroit Free Press 2\/21\/07<\/em>)
<\/a>If Fox Had Aired it, Here\u2019s How it Happened<\/a> (Indianapolis Star 11\/20\/06<\/em>)
<\/a>A Trip to the Haunted House, Tonight at Eleven<\/a> (Indianapolis Star 10\/18\/06<\/em>)
<\/a>Notre Dame Dream Dates Play The Field<\/a><\/a>(Indianapolis Star<\/em> 06\/24\/06)<\/em>
TV101: Lessons Kids Must Learn to Keep Control <\/a>(Indianapolis Star<\/em> 06\/10\/06)<\/em>
And the Winner of Presidential Idol Is…<\/a>(Indianapolis Star<\/em> 05\/20\/06)<\/em>
Imagine No Ads, Just Super Philanthropy<\/a> (Indianapolis Star 01\/18\/06)<\/em>
Is This a Football Game or a Heavy Metal Concert?<\/a> (Indianapolis Star 12\/17\/05)<\/em>
<\/a>You Are What You Watch<\/a> (Indianapolis Star 10\/16\/05)<\/a><\/em>
<\/a>Drama of T-ball tailor-made for television<\/a><\/a>(Indianapolis Star 8\/20\/05)<\/em>
There’s Something About Little Girls That Turns Fathers Into Crooners<\/a><\/a>(Indianapolis Star 06\/18\/05)<\/em>
March Madness from the Tube to the Mall <\/a>(Indianapolis Star 04\/02\/05)<\/em><\/a>
On local TV newscasts, the Weather Team reigns<\/a>(Indianapolis Star 03\/05\/05)<\/em><\/a>
We’re choosing a president, not a breakfast cereal<\/a>(Indianapolis Star 11\/13\/04)<\/em><\/a>
TV Journalists Have Obligation To Stay Close to the Centerline (South Bend Tribune 11\/04<\/em>)<\/a>
Videos Provoke Violence? That’s Silly<\/a>(Indianapolis Star 7\/31\/04)<\/em><\/a>
Watch Film Yourself, Then Decide and Vote <\/a>(Indianapolis Star <\/em>7\/2\/04)<\/em><\/a>
Escape To Disney World Offers No Reprieve From Fear <\/a>(Indianapolis Star 6\/12\/04)<\/em><\/a>
I Am Not An Anti-Christian, Liberal, Low-Carb Eater<\/a>(NDWorks 4\/1\/04)<\/em><\/a>
This celluloid experience was far too real for his taste<\/a>(Indianapolis Star 3\/13\/04)<\/em><\/a>
A Brief History of the Super Bowl Halftime Show<\/a>(2\/24\/04)<\/em><\/a>
The Ten Reality TV Shows You’ll Never See<\/a>(Indianapolis Star 1\/31\/04)<\/em>
Prime-time violence beats the local news<\/a>(Indianapolis Star 1\/16\/04)<\/em>
Listen up, America: Is it real, or is it talk radio?<\/a>(Indianapolis Star 11\/15\/03)<\/em>
TV Timeouts Are The Curse Of Notre Dame Football<\/a>(Indianapolis Star 10\/4\/03)<\/em><\/a>
Few Average Joes in Reality TV<\/a>(Indianapolis Star 8\/30\/03)<\/em>
The Ten Little Secrets of Local TV News<\/a>(Indianapolis Star 8\/12\/03)<\/em><\/a>
Kids Grow Up Fast When Endorsements Are At Stake<\/a>(Chicago Sun Times 7\/19\/03)<\/em><\/a>
TV War Coverage Fits Right In (AScribe Newswire 4\/3\/03<\/em>)<\/a>
Feel Good About Yourself Television<\/a>(Boston Globe 3\/8\/03)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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