Dillon Pep Rally Saga Continues

The Observer included another article on The Cancellation that confirms what one of our readers let us know:  the guys at Dillon had their stuff together.

As MQ noted in the first post on the issue, we know Father Doyle.  And we like him.  But, people can certainly change over time at Notre Dame, priests included.  We’re really hoping that there was a better reason than “last year’s vulgarity” or “the t-shirt designs weren’t ready”.   If the script this year was un-doable, or unable to be fixed/turned around, I get it.  But it sounds like the guys had the script ready, casting together and they were ready for rehearsal and the event was axed – without Father Doyle having even read the script.

This sounds like a bit of the ‘crackdown’ that’s been happening all over ND lately, and it’s 1000% depressing.  At ND, tradition is huge (shocker).  And this, along with a huge number of other small but important events, is an important part of that tradition.  Unilaterally killing off events like this is not only bad for Dillon and the student body.  It’s bad for the spirit, the heart of Notre Dame.  

I really hope this isn’t a permanent cancellation and that Father Doyle keeps his word on his plans to reinstate it next year.  If not, we’ll all know what’s really going on here.