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Vol XXXV No. 90

Wednesday, February 13, 2002

  Tickets face off at run-off debate
By JASON McFARLEY
News Editor

In private, the two remaining tickets for Notre Dame student body president and vice president were amiable in the 10 minutes immediately prior to their debate Tuesday. The four candidates, all acquaintances, joked and laughed with each other as they probably ... [more]


Malloy opens Ethics Week at Mendoza
By JOHN FANNING
News Writer

University President Father Edward Malloy outlined the qualities that lead to professional success at a keynote address Tuesday that kicked off Ethics Week in the Mendoza College of Business. Ethics Week, in its fifth consecutive year, is a week-long series of ... [more]


"Sex and the City's" author advises aspiring writers
By SHEILA EGTS
News Writer

Candace Bushnell, author of the popular best seller "Sex and the City," stared blankly at the crowd in Washington Hall last night after receiving some notable information about her audience. "I sort of don't know what I'm doing here because I ... [more]


Talk suggests sanctions as a measure to combat terrorism
By JOE ACKERMAN
News Writer

A dangling carrot drew a sizable crowd to room C-103 of the Hesburgh Center on Tuesday afternoon. The carrot, in the form of the lecture, "Carrots, Sticks, and the War on Terrorism: Sharpening Economic Statecraft," was presented by Kroc Institute fellows ... [more]


USA Today pilots readership program
By ALISON ROCHE
News Writer

On Monday, Saint Mary's students may have been surprised to find complimentary issues of USA Today, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Chicago Tribune, and The Elkhart Truth in every residence hall. The papers were donated for a four-week pilot participation in ... [more]


Lecture addresses the battle of the sexes
By KATIE RAND
News Writer

Basically, men and women are different from each other. That's the point Saint Mary's professor drilled home in an informal lecture called "He Said, She Said" Tuesday night in the Women's Resource Center. Ella Harmeyer, a nursing professor, said the differences ... [more]


Trigiani relives influential roots at Saint Mary's
By SARAH RYKOWSKI
News Writer

Adriana Trigiani put Saint Mary's College in her novels not just because she went to the school, but because it fit the story and the characters. In fact, Ave Maria Mulligan's attendance is a pivotal point of "Big Stone Gap," Trigiani's ... [more]