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Vol XXXIV No. 84

Friday, February 9, 2001

  Grade level plays role in choosing running mates
By MIKE CONNOLLY
News Writer

Most people would agree that issues and ideas of a candidate should be the deciding factor in who gets elected in any campaign. In student government elections, oftentimes who you know plays as much of a role as what you want ... [more]


Editor appoints 3 to top Observer posts
By NELLIE WILLIAMS
Ireland Correspondent

Noreen Gillespie has been rehired as Managing Editor of The Observer for the 2001-2002 school year, Editor in Chief Mike Connolly announced Thursday. Bob Woods and Kerry Smith were also chosen as Business Manager and Assistant Managing Editor, respectively. Gillespie, a ... [more]


Bush eyes faith-based programs
u Notre Dame ACE director to aid President's efforts
By KIFLIN TURNER
News Writer

Why was John Staud, director of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE), invited by President Bush last Wednesday to discuss the implementation of the administration's faith-based service initiatives? ACE, a two-year program that sends Notre Dame graduates to teach in ... [more]


Feminist Harding discusses women in science
By MOLLY McVOY
Saint Mary's Editor

Science benefits from women as much as women benefit from science, according to renowned feminist Sandra Harding, who spoke at Saint Mary's Thursday night. "We know science benefits women, because, in science, we [as women] too have the opportunity to enjoy ... [more]


Scully lecture details personal experience in Chile
By MARIBEL MOREY
Assistant News Editor

The three fans circulating the damp warm air throughout the exceedingly heated Montgomery Theatre in LaFortune resembled a South American climate more than South Bend in the middle of winter. Safely nestled away within an American campus, 20 people gathered and ... [more]


Paster becomes first African-American ND head drum major
By KELLY HAGER
News Writer

The 2001 football season will feature another first for Notre Dame. Leading the band for the 2001 season is new head drum major Tambre Paster — the first woman head drum major in 16 years and the first African-American drum major ... [more]