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Vol XXXIIII No. 66

Thursday, January 20, 2000

NDFD emphasizes fire prevention on both campuses

      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 least some form of automatic sprinkler system and a series of regulations banning certain high-risk objects from student rooms. Full sprinkler systems — with heads in each room — exist ... [more]
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Humanity is on both sides of the Rio
      El Paso,Texas, is a city set up for movement. Train tracks criscross its streets, serving several active cargo stations and at least one active passenger depot. Greyhound and other distance-traveling buses pull into two different stations. Trucks transport parts to ... [more]
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Irish face adversity, show toughness during holidays.
      While most students were thinking of returning home for their semester break, members of the Notre Dame hockey team were preparing for a shot at rising in the collegiate ranks. The holidays brought an eight-game schedule which finished with the Irish ... [more]
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Three-hour flicks flood holiday theaters
      Aside from the kiddie flicks, this past holiday season was marked by a barrage of three-hour epic films, hoping for Oscar attention and big box office numbers. Here are a the major films that made news over the past month. "Man ... [more]
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