| Vol XXXIV No. 83 |
Thursday, February 8, 2001 |
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Candidates introduce themselves in serious debates
By JASON McFARLEY
Assistant News Editor
 With the exception of a few periods of laughter, a 90-minute student body president candidates' debate Wednesday night was marked by serious discussion of issues and goals. The format of the annual event allowed each ticket about 12 total minutes for ... [more]
African-American candidates embrace role model status
By LAURA ROMPF
Assistant News Editor
Editor's Note: This is the fourth of a five-part series examining differnt issues in this year's student body election. In March 1970, when Dave Krashna won the Notre Dame student body presidential election, he set a precedent in two ways. Krashna ... [more]
Amistad actor speaks about social pressures on children
By COURTNEY BOYLE
News Writer
Derrick Ashong, an African American who starred in Amistad, spoke to students about the social pressures kids face in a Black History Month lecture Wednesday. Moving from place to place while growing up, Ashong discovered what was cool in New York ... [more]
Success Conference opens campus to 8th grade leaders
By LAUREN BECK
News Writer
In an effort to strengthen ties between the Notre Dame and South Bend community, student government hosted 170 local eighth graders on Wednesday. Students from five area schools participated in Notre Dame's First Annual Keys to Success Conference, a workshop designed ... [more]
Return of lost study day hopeless, calendar blamed
By FINN PRESSLY
Senior Staff Writer
Citing time constraints and lack of flexibility in the academic council, the Academic Council has refused to give further consideration to a Student Senate proposal to add the customary fourth study day to the Fall 2001 exam schedule. O'Neill senator Bill ... [more]
`Blessing Unto Others' hosts speakers from orphanage
By EMILY ORR
News Writer
Kaleen Sanner and Mark Farrell spoke about their experiences in the Hogar San Jose in Talagante, Chile on the third night of the "Blessing Unto Others" program. Sanner, a senior at Notre Dame, and Farrell, a second year law student, recounted ... [more]
UCLA feminist scholar to visit Saint Mary's
By COLLEEN McCARTHY
Associate News Editor
Renowned feminist scholar and philosopher of science Sandra Harding will be welcomed by the Saint Mary's community as its visiting scholar in residence beginning today. Sponsored by the women's studies, philosophy, chemistry, physics and biology departments as well as the Center ... [more]
This year's tickets advocate everything from increasing staff salaries to building a campus bowling alley to
abolishing the Student Senate. But in an election with so many options, the choice will ultimately come down to What Voters Want.
By LAURA ROMPF
Assistant News Editor
Wednesday afternoon, four junior girls sat in LaFortune at a table near Burger King. They had pens in hand; notebooks and papers scattered all around, and were working on a group project for their Air Force ROTC class. Just upstairs, on ... [more]
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