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Vol XXXIIII No. 66

Thursday, January 20, 2000

  NDFD emphasizes fire prevention on both campuses
By TIM LOGAN
News Editor

Notre Dame and Saint Mary's combine education, preparation and fire safety devices to try to prevent incidents like the blaze that killed three students Wednesday at Seton Hall University. All of the dorms on the two campuses have alarms and at ... [more]


ND adopts new sweatshop policy
By KATE STEER
Assistant News Editor

As the leading university in the movement against sweatshop labor, Notre Dame recently adopted three recommendations made by the University's Task Force on Anti-sweatshop Initiatives. The University now prohibits the manufacturing of Notre Dame products in countries that do not recognize ... [more]


Senate discusses uses of old tests
By LAURA ROMPF
Assistant News Editor

At its first meeting of the new year Wednesday night, the Student Senate addressed the issue of professors using past tests as study guides. "The real problem is that the use of old tests can give students a major advantage. They ... [more]


Asbestos discovered in Le Mans Hall during pipe repairs
By NOREEN GILLESPIE
Saint Mary's Editor

A hot water pipe containing asbestos-filled insulation was removed from the attic directly over the fifth annex in Le Mans Hall during winter break. The asbestos was discovered when repairs were needed on the pipe, causing minor inconvenience to fifth annex ... [more]


ND's Review of Politics publishes forgotten text
Special to The Observer

A recently discovered and previously unpublished text by the American Catholic theologian Rev. John Courtney Murray appears in the Fall 1999 "Millennial Issue" of Notre Dame's Review of Politics. The text, entitled "The Crisis in Church-State Relationships in the USA" is ... [more]