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Vol XXXIIII No. 69

Tuesday, January 25, 2000

Hesburgh discusses diversity at Notre Dame

      When Father Theodore Hesburgh arrived on campus as a 17-year-old freshman in 1934, Notre Dame was a very different place. The stadium was smaller, the Dome still housed dorm rooms and the library, which now bears his name, didn't even exist. But, according to the former University president, the most glaring absence on campus was not a building but a kind of person. "There wasn't a single black student, a single ... [more]
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"Dome afterglow" still remains
      A semester ago, I began attending classes at Notre Dame. I even confessed in my very first column on September 13 that I had "the standard, goofy, freshman-like, first-month-at-Notre-Dame-and-just-can't-believe-it grin on my face." I was told that that would wear off ... [more]
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Irish, `Canes fight to boost Big East ranks
      The Notre Dame men's basketball team (12-7, 3-2) will look to make a move in the Big East conference when it continues its four-game homestand at 7:30 tonight against Miami (11-7, 4-2). "We're definitely looking at this homestand as a way ... [more]
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Gone phishin' in Cincinnati
      Psychedelia arrived in Cincinnati on Friday night. Fans with long dread locks, beards and girls sprinkled with sparkles all over their faces cruised the lot scene outside of First Star Center. Nearly everyone was partying, having a great time in the ... [more]
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