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Vol XXXVII No. 97

Wednesday, February 19, 2003

  Cheaper books fuel SMC leaders
By SHANNON NELLIGAN
News Writer

Increased student concern over the exorbitant price of textbooks and their medial buy back value has prompted student leaders to research new methods of book exchange. According to Student Body Vice President Elizabeth Jablonski-Diehl, the committee has been formed in conjunction ... [more]


Political science professor discusses reparations
By NATASHA GRANT
News Writer

Political Science professor Alvin Tillery set out to tackle the politics for redress for black Americans with his talk, "Black Exceptionalism: Why Reparations are Just and Good Public Policy," part of the student government Last Lecture series. In the crowded O'Neill ... [more]


Historian's lecture addresses Holocaust
By AMANDA ROTHEY
News Writer

Noted Holocaust historian Michael Morris spoke at McKenna Hall Tuesday evening in a lecture titled "Coming to Term with the Past: reflections of a Holocaust Historian." Morris, dean of graduate students and professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto, ... [more]


SMC creates self-defense program
By AMY GREENE
News Writer

A new self-defense program was recently implemented at Saint Mary's. The Rape Aggression Defense System (RAD) is a program of realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques. The system is a comprehensive course exclusively for women that focuses on the awareness and prevention ... [more]


Food Services survey considers Flex 10 plan
By CHRISTINA CEPERO
News Writer

Food Services will send out a questionnaire this semester to get student feedback on meal plans to determine whether or not to implement a Flex 10 meal plan option next year. A random group of students, mainly freshmen, sophomores and juniors, ... [more]


Officials progress with Sharon investigation
By TERESA FRALISH
Assistant News Editor

One week after police identified Chad Sharon's body as the one found Feb. 12 in the St. Joseph River, officials are moving forward with the police investigation and funeral and memorial arrangements for Sharon. Sharon's body was discovered under the Angela ... [more]