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Vol XXXIIII No. 80

Thursday, February 10, 2000

  Provost addresses Faculty Senate on increasing diversity
By JOSH BOURGEIOS
Assistant News Editor

University Provost Nathan Hatch addressed the Faculty Senate Wednesday night on such issues as lack of reporting from the Provost's Office, affirmative action in respect to students, faculty and staff and the creating of academic institutes and centers within the University. ... [more]


Lecture: More teen pregnancies lead to more abortions
By KEVIN SCHUMM
News Writer

Over the past three decades, changing attitudes attributed to the sexual revolution have led Americans to view abortion as a "fail-safe contraceptive," said Clarke Forsythe, president of Americans United for Life (AUL). Many Americans today are misinformed about abortion because of ... [more]


Students criticize ND's character
By ANNE MARIE MATTINGLY
Associate News Editor

Notre Dame administrators are too controlling and judgmental, said students at an open forum Wednesday sponsored by the ad hoc committee on Academic and Student Life. Law school professor Carol Mooney asked the students if Notre Dame sends inconsistent messages, citing ... [more]


Speakers discuss social justice
By MOLLY McVOY
News Writer

The speakers at Wednesday's brown bag luncheon said that their education at Saint Mary's involved more than classrooms and textbooks. As part of Social Justice Week at the College, M.J. Murray-Vachon, Class of 1982, Emily Hopkins, Class of 2000, and Ann ... [more]


O'Donoghue/Norton given two day suspension
By LAURA ROMPH
Assistant News Editor

In an 11-4 vote with seven abstentions, the Senate turned down an appeal from the Brian O'Donoghue/Brooke Norton ticket, which asked that its two-day campaign suspension from the Judicial Council be revoked. According to the Judicial Council, candidates O'Donoghue and Brooke ... [more]