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Wednesday, January 23, 2002 |
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Grading the government
Untangling the mysteries of ND student government
By JASON McFARLEY
News Editor
 At Notre Dame, student government positions are as diverse as the constituencies and interests that student leaders here represent. For undergraduates, government is centered in the Student Union. It includes several basic arms: Office of the President At the head of ... [more]
Grading the governement
Domers give Student Union mixed reviews
By ELIZABETH LEE
News Writer
Students have different opinions about how effective student government is. Some argue that student government has the students' interests at heart, but others feel that it does not make enough effort to reach students. However, other students expressed concern that student ... [more]
Grading the government: Notre Dame student body president
Striving to serve
By ERIN LaRUFFA
Associate News Editor
Whether it is 2 o'clock in the afternoon or 2 o'clock in the morning, one can probably find student body president Brooke Norton working hard to fulfill her responsibilities to the Notre Dame student body. Most likely, Norton will not be ... [more]
Grading the government: Notre Dame Student Senate
Senators work to improve quality of student life
By ERIN LaRUFFA
Associate News Editor
Tackling topics ranging from curriculum review to possible parietals extensions to the amount of chicken served in the dining halls, members of Notre Dame's Student Senate have dealt with numerous issues that senators believe affect students on a daily basis. "If ... [more]
Grading the government: Notre Dame Campus Life Council
Group's changes produce few tangible results
By JASON McFARLEY
News Editor
Last year when a Campus Life Council meeting cut into dinnertime, it meant one of two things: Either members had gotten a late start or, more likely, they were tied up in contentious debate and name-calling. During the spring 2001 semester ... [more]
Grading the government: Saint Mary's Board of Governance
Board works for visibility, small changes
By SHANNON NELLIGAN and NOREEN GILLESPIE
News Writers
Every Monday, members of Saint Mary's student government walk around campus in coordinated T-shirts and sweatshirts, worn to identify themselves as members of the student government association. Started as an initiative to "bring student government back to the students," Student Body ... [more]
Grading the government: Graduate Student Union
Grad students make major strides
By ANDREW THAGARD
Assistant News Editor
Something has changed within the Graduate Student Union (GSU), the organization representing Notre Dame's 1,500 graduate students, according to its president Gabriela Burgos. There is an energy in the room and, she said, a synergy between the GSU, their advisors and ... [more]
Grading the government: One person's view
On the outside, looking back
HELENA PAYNE
Assistant News Editor
Not surprisingly, under our very own Dome, students seem to be polarized along the sides of either student government fanatics or those who could care less. After all, how many class dinners can a person take? Furthermore, with all the ... [more]
Grading the government: The Observer Editorial
Make promises you can keep
Observer Editorial Board
As students trickle out of dorms at 12:55 a.m. on Thursday nights after watching the latest HBO movie premiere with their friends and return to their dorms as parietals expire, they have nothing but contented smiles on their faces as they ... [more]
Out with the old, in with a new LaFortune
University plans to renovate student center
By MEGHANNE DOWNES
News Writer
In recent years students have been asked to feel out surveys regarding their levels of satisfaction with the food services that are provided on campus, and finally the suggestions for improvement are being answered as there are plans to offer new ... [more]
Alumnus donates to writing program
By GEREMY CARNES
News Writer
After a 1.5 million-dollar donation by best-selling author and Notre Dame alumnus, Nicholas Sparks, Creative Writing Program students will have the opportunity to participate in publishing and internship programs "It's the first major gift to the program, so it's a tremendous ... [more]
British House leader analyzes terrorism
By JOE ACKERMAN
News Writer
September 11 has come and gone, yet the aftermath of the attacks on America still live on in many and effect their lives on a daily basis. Originally scheduled to lecture on the topic of "Science and God," Shirley Williams geared ... [more]
Govt. dept gains new name in fall
By JOHN FANNING
News Writer
To more accurately reflect and market its curriculum, Notre Dame's Department of Government and International Studies is changing its name the Department of Political Science next fall. "The universal topics that we are interested in are mainly political issues — issues ... [more]
Lectures brings profs to dorms
By ERIN LaRUFFA
Associate News Editor
When staff members in the office of the student body president were searching through their archives, they decided to bring back a lecture series that was popular at Notre Dame during the 1970s and 1980s, according to Brendan Harris, a staff ... [more]
Grading the government: Saint Mary's Office of the President
Nagle, Matha win small victories
By NOREEN GILLESPIE
News Writer
Losing her characteristic smile for a moment, Student Body President Michelle Nagle admits that she worries she might not have done a good job. Her eyes fall, look around, and she sighs. Picking up the pace in her voice, it's easy ... [more]
Grading the government: Understanding the SMC wheel
BOG serves as center for Saint Mary's student government
By JUSTIN KRIVICKAS
News Writer
The Student Government Association resembles a wheel. The Board of Governance sits at the middle of the wheel and acts as a communications hub and distributes money to the other four divisions of SGA — the Diversity Board, the Student Activities ... [more]
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