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Vol XXXV No. 79

Tuesday, January 29, 2002

  Lone ticket wins election
By KATIE RAND
News Writer

Junior Kim Jensen and sophomore Elizabeth Jablonski-Diehl won the election for president and vice president of the Saint Mary's student body Monday. However, because Jensen and Jablonski-Diehl were the only candidates running, their only competition was the student body's right to ... [more]


MyParty virus disrupts e-mail
By SCOTT BRODFUEHRER
Assistant News Editor

Many campus e-mail users were greeted with the message "new photos from my party!" when they opened their e-mail today. But instead of pictures, users who opened the attached file executed the payload of the MyParty virus that spread the message ... [more]


McFarley elected 2002-2003 editor-in-chief
By LAURA ROMPF
Associate News Editor

During second semester of his freshman year, Jason McFarley thought he had what it took to be editor in chief of The Observer. He typed up the eight-page application and applied for the position against former associate sports editor and current ... [more]


BOG to co-sponsor peace conference
By SARAH RYKOWSKI
News Writer

Despite concerns from members of the Saint Mary's Board of Governance, the group agreed to co-sponsor the Undergraduate Peace Conference with Notre Dame, which will take place at Notre Dame on March 22-23. Members were concerned that groups from Notre Dame ... [more]


Discovery channel features ND professors
Documentary details dead sea scrolls project
By KATE NAGENGAST
Associate News Editor

The Discovery Channel recently televised a documentary featuring research by three Notre Dame professors on the Dead Sea Scrolls. This project, shown Jan. 10, highlighted the work of Eugene Ulrich, an O'Brien Professor of Theology who began studying the scrolls more ... [more]