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Vol XXXVII No. 91

Tuesday, February 11, 2003

  Hallahan, Ebersol move forward
By MEGHANNE DOWNES
Associate News Editor

The tickets of Charlie Ebersol-Lauren Meagher and Pat Hallahan-Jeremy Lao received the two highest percentages in Monday's student government election and moved on to Thursday's run-off election. Hallahan-Lao received 27.6 percent of the vote and Ebersol-Meagher received 20.6 percent of the ... [more]


Record number applies
By HELENA PAYNE
News Editor

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions received a record total of over 12,000 applications for fall 2003 enrollment. "One thing we do know for sure is that we have had more students visit this year," said Bob Mundy, director of admissions operations. ... [more]


Trustees stand firm on dance ban
By JASON McFARLEY
News Writer

Notre Dame trustees weighed reinstating in-hall dances but will keep the ban in place for at least another year, said Student Body President Libby Bishop, who delivered a report on the displaced dances and campus social life at the board's winter ... [more]


Bishop responds to resignations
By MEGHANNE DOWNES
Associate News Editor

Student Body President Libby Bishop said the resignation of her chief of staff Pat Hallahan came after she questioned his trust and ability to accurately represent the views of her office. Hallahan, a candidate for student body president, said Thursday he ... [more]


Board of Governance: SMC group announces events
By MEGAN O'NEIL
News Writer

Various board members gave briefings Monday afternoon at the Saint Mary's Board of Governance meeting and the meeting included no new business. As a result of midterms, BOG President Kim Jensen announced that the March 3 BOG is cancelled. She went ... [more]


Police: NDSP played no role in Boat bust
By TERESA FRALISH
Assistant News Editor

Two weeks after the Jan. 24 raid of The Boat Club that resulted in over 200 Notre Dame and Saint Mary's students being cited, all police jurisdictions agree that Notre Dame Security Police was not involved in the planning of the ... [more]


Executive Cabinet: Group discusses budget increase
By MATT BRAMANTI
News Writer

Student government's Executive Cabinet met Monday night to discuss the Financial Management Board's proposal for an annual increase in the student activities fee as well as student body president Libby Bishop's report to the Board of Trustees. The FMB proposed increasing ... [more]


Onion comic speaks at festival
By KEVIN ALLEN
News Writer

Throughout the 36 years of the annual Sophomore Literary Festival, a distinguished list of satirists has graced Notre Dame with their wit and anecdotes. Monday night another popular and widely-read satirist joined writers like Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut on that ... [more]


SMC election today
By SARAH NESTOR
Saint Mary's Editor

Saint Mary's Residence Hall Association and Student Diversity Board president and vice-president elections will be held today. Only one ticket is running for each organization. The candidates for RHA president and vice president are sophomore Shay Jolly and running mate junior ... [more]


Speaker highlights 3 civil rights leaders
By MELANIE BECKER
News Writer

In celebration of Black History Month, Rachel Harding, the Executive Director for the Veterans of Hope Project "A Center for the Study of Religion and Democratic Renewal" spoke at Saint Mary's Monday. The project Harding is directing is creating a video ... [more]


Panel discusses sexual orientation
By SHANNON NELLIGAN
News Writer

The Saint Mary's community continued their partnership with the Catholic Common Ground Initiative Monday afternoon as both faculty, administration and students participated the conversation "Sexual Orientation: Questions and Concerns." The Catholic Common Ground Initiative was founded to decrease polarization between church ... [more]


Students respond to potential economics split
By NATASHA GRANT
News Writer

Students across the economics major have differing opinions on whether or not the potential split in Notre Dame's economics department would be beneficial or disadvantageous, while others said they are choosing to reserve judgment until more information is available. The economics ... [more]