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Vol XXXIV No. 78

Thursday, February 1, 2001

  Pax Christi opens talks with ROTC
Pacifist club attempts to open dialogue with ROTC
By TIM LOGAN
Senior Staff Writer

Editor's note: This is the third in a three-part series looking at the discussion concerning the place of ROTC at a Catholic university. Over the last two years, Pax Christi has beat a steady drum against the presence of ROTC at ... [more]


Murphy succumbs to leukemia
Friends and family mourn the death of Notre Dame student Conor Murphy
By FINN PRESSLY
Senior Staff Writer

With family and friends at his bedside, Notre Dame junior Conor Murphy passed away Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. following a year of intensive treatment for leukemia. The Notre Dame community joined together in prayer Tuesday with a special Mass in Zahm ... [more]


Nagle, Matha run unopposed on SMC presidential ticket
By KATIE MILLER
News Writer

Current student body presidential candidate Michelle Nagle almost didn't run for office. But it's a good thing she did. Running uncontested with runningmate Kristen Matha, the Nagle/Matha ticket marks one of the only times in Saint Mary's history that a presidential ... [more]


Malloy announces new committee
The University creates a new
By JASON McFARLEY
Assistant News Editor

University President Father Edward Malloy recently announced the nine appointed and elected representatives who will head up the new Academic and Student Life Advisory Committee (ASLAC). ASLAC members include Notre Dame students, faculty and staff members. University provost Nathan Hatch and ... [more]


Hesburgh travels aboard nuclear sub
By MEG DADAY
News Writer

What can you give a man that has said mass within a mile of the South Pole and broken the world speed record aboard an SR-71? The United States Navy responded to the challenge by giving Father Theodore Hesburgh the opportunity ... [more]


Revue prepares to open tonight amid controversy
By NOREEN GILLESPIE
News Writer

The Keenan Revue will take to a bigger stage than O'Laughlin Auditorium this weekend, as the Saint Mary's student body prepares to voice their opinion over the controversial variety show in a ballot initiative in Monday's student body president election. The ... [more]


Baxter speaks on conscientious objection in Gulf War
By LIZ ZANONI
News Writer

As part of ongoing dialogue of Catholic Perspectives on ROTC started last spring, Father Michael Baxter, associate professor of Theology at Notre Dame, gave a talk Wednesday night at the Center for Social Concerns (CSC) entitled, "Conscientious Objectors and the Persian ... [more]


SMC candidates take on communication as platform
By MOLLY McVOY
Saint Mary's Editor

Communication is the focal point of the platform for Michelle Nagle and Kristen Matha, the one and only ticket running for Saint Mary's student body president/vice president. "Accountable and accessible are the two words that sum up our platform," Nagle said. ... [more]


ND student fondled, report not published
Observer Staff Report

A Notre Dame student was forcibly fondled by another student Nov. 3, according to Notre Dame Security Police. The sex offense occurred in a residence hall on campus and was reported to Residence Life shortly after the incident, director of security ... [more]