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LD,
I think you’re missing the point of why Notre Dame fans on this board are so frustrated with the article specifically, and the anti-ND bias generally. This following summation of ND is incorrect: that we view ourselves as angels who never do anything wrong, and we’ll be damned to let anyone, even SI, speak incorrectly ill against us. That just isn’t true.
At ND, we strive to do the right thing, as Harrison Smith is quoted as saying in the article. It’s not that ND is a perfect place with perfect people, again paraphrasing Smith. As you say, we recruit teenagers to go to college the same as any other place. The frustration lies in the implications of the article as laid out by SEE in this post, all without the true depth and complexity of the many issues mentioned by Chris above. Consider the following criticisms:

1) That we’ve lowered our standards for students, citing Michael Floyd as an example. As many students during the Kirk era can attest, du Lac (our discipline code) and it’s application was regularly seen by the student body as overbearing and inequitable. And I’d wager that many alums prior to Kirks’ time who were still attached to the campus could speak to how much things had changed at the University from a student life perspective, largely for the negative. SEE certainly gets this.

2) The article’s treatment of Ms. Seeberg’s case and death is irresponsibly shallow. Layden takes a case that involves no NDPD charges, no charges from the local prosecuting attorney, adds to that the infinite anguish of a father who will forever suffer through the tragic loss of his daughter, all to prove the point that ND has sold itself to ascend to the top of the football world, and Layden isn’t going to let that happen without shining light on the sins of this institution.

It’s shallow, it’s devious, it’s insensitive to those involved in such tragedies (including the unnamed football player involved with Seeberg, and I’m glad his identity remains protected).

Look, we know we’re going to get criticized. ND fans know that more than most, if not all. The last 19 years have been especially tough, and the criticism goes much deeper than football wins and losses. But if one is prone to criticize ND, and if you do it from the beacon of Sports Illustrated, we simply ask that you do it with the facts. This article doesn’t do that. And when it comes at the apex of this 19 year period, well, that’s incredibly frustrating.

2001 Sorin, I absolutely agree. I’m a ’97 – ’01 guy myself. But, I also benefitted from a person of authority who caught me in a bad state my freshman year, and gave me the break of simply handling the matter in house. 15 years later, I still remember that lesson and appreciate how it was handled.

Also, having graduated in ’10, I can completely echo that ResLife had become a “letter of the law” organization, and not one that would try to help students overcome issues. The entire school felt that way about ResLife. On that same topic, students also had negative feelings about the Excise Police carding people in the parking lots during game day and the ushers in the stadium becoming power mongers. Rather than brushing off minor offenses (at Notre Dame on game day!), these groups immediately opted for harsh punishment. My note to them: lighten up.