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Vol XXXV No. 94

Tuesday, February 19, 2002

  Poorman adds more social space
University buys off-campus house for retreats
By JASON McFARLEY
News Editor

Following an announcement of major renovations to the Alumni-Senior Club, student life officials have made public plans for two additional projects to improve social space options. Campus Life Council members at a meeting Monday read about the changes in a letter ... [more]


BOG makes donation to new center
By SHEILA EGTS
News Writer

The largest chunk of the Board of Governance budget surplus will be used to donate $12,000 to the construction of the new student center, the second phase of the Master Plan, the Board announced at its Feb. 11 meeting. Executive treasurer ... [more]


Harris: Disabled students need equality
By KATIE RAND
News Writer

Richard Harris kicked off ND/SMC Disability Awareness Week with his lecture "Disability Awareness in the Classroom and on Campus" Monday afternoon in Stapleton Lounge. Harris, director of the Disabled Student Development Office at Ball State University, has conducted hundreds of presentations ... [more]


Lesbian minister promotes diversity, spirituality
By ALLISON ROCHE
News Writer

Higher education is at its best when it is unruly, according to Rev. Jennifer Walters whose keynote address kicked off Sisterhood Week at Saint Mary's Monday. Her address explored how truth and wholeness are found amid unruliness and diversity. The goal ... [more]


MPAACT performs monologues
Production by Afrikan group deals with social issues
By SARAH NESTOR
News Writer

A troupe of actors performed a series of monologues at Saint Mary's Monday highlighting the black experience of women and childbirth, men, family relationships and race relations. The Ma'at Production Association of Afrikan Centered Theatre pulled the monologues from "The ... [more]