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Vol XXXV No. 82

Friday, February 1, 2002

  Winter weather causes county power outage
Notre Dame students living off-campus lose power
By Jason McFarley
News Editor

The overnight ice storm that paralyzed much of South Bend Thursday caused power outages at off-campus residences and crippled transportation to Notre Dame for students, faculty and staff. At 9:30 p.m. Thursday, each of the apartment complexes that house major numbers ... [more]


Winter weather causes county power outage
College calls fire department during ice, snow storm
Myra McGriff
Saint Mary's Editor

Along with the rest of St. Joseph county, Saint Mary's campus sustained damage due to Wednesday night's ice and snow storm. Inundated with calls Thursday mornings, security sent facilities out to get power back on line for the buildings affected by ... [more]


Ice storm stops Observer press
Observer Staff Report

Power outages across Indiana forced The Observer to cancel publishing for the first time in 24 years. The ice storm that struck Indiana Wednesday night knocked out power at The Papers Inc., the company that prints The Observer, early Thursday morning. ... [more]


ND holds 'Monologue' tryouts
By Kate Nagengast
Associate News Editor

Thirty-five women from Notre Dame and Saint Mary's arrived at LaFortune Wednesday to audition for roles in an upcoming performance of Eve Ensler's controversial play, "The Vagina Monologues." Despite Saint Mary's decision to ban the Monologues from their campus last year, ... [more]


Week promotes service as a blessing to others
By Erin LaRuffa
Associate News Editor

While spending a semester living and working at an orphanage in Chile, then-sophomore Drew Gawrych decided to find a way to raise awareness among his fellow Notre Dame students about problems in other parts of the world. "I was thinking to ... [more]


University raises tuition due to inflation, costs
By Lauren Beck
News Writer

As in the past, Notre Dame students can expect a tuition increase for the 2002-2003 academic year, due to growing expenses and a slowing economy, University officials said. The Board of Trustees will meet Feb. 7 and 8 to review the ... [more]


Malloy recalls experiences
By V. Van Buren Giles
News Writer

As University President Father Edward Malloy was growing up in Washington, D.C., he never thought that he would someday become the president of the most highly recognized Catholic university in the country. Then, Malloy received an athletic scholarship to play basketball ... [more]