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Vol XXXIV No. 93

Thursday, February 22, 2001

  Just call her Madame President
Norton prepares to accept duties, history-making role as Notre Dame's first female student body president
By JASON McFARLEY
Associate News Editor

A memory: It is a cold February night in the days prior to Notre Dame's 2001 student body presidential election. In between leading Student Senate meetings, studying and running an ambitious campaign for student body president, Brooke Norton makes her way ... [more]


Community Learning Center celebrates grand opening
By BRIGID SWEENEY
News Writer

The Robinson Community Learning Center (CLC) will provide a forum for learning and building bridges with the South Bend community, said speakers on hand for the center's grand opening Wednesday. "It is important to focus not on the negative aspects of ... [more]


Members consider election deadline, parietals measure
By LAURA ROMPF
Assistant News Editor

The Student Senate extended this year's deadline for the election of class officers from March 1 to March 3 Wednesday at the request of John Bauters, Judicial Council's vice president of elections. Bauters said candidates would not have adequate time to ... [more]


Carrillo to lecture on santero art
By MARIBEL MOREY
Assistant News Editor

Hidden just below the lobby of the Snite Museum, several figures of saints in deep reds and blues stand within clear cases. Just because these santos (saints) were created before 1848 and are now in a museum does not mean the ... [more]


Annual tourney honors deceased ND student
By LAURA ROMPF
Assistant News Editor

Justin Brumbaugh loved basketball. As a senior living in Knott Hall, Brumbaugh would gather groups of boys, walk to Rolfs and shoot hoops. But one day, the basketball games stopped. Sitting in the computer lab in the then-College of Business Amninistration, ... [more]


SMC trustees to meet today, Friday
By KATIE MILLER
News Writer

The Saint Mary's Board of Trustees will meet on campus today and Friday to discuss topics ranging from student life to the Master Plan. The agenda includes reports on the Master Plan, the Strategic plan and student committees, according to Molly ... [more]


SOS talk attempts to debunk sexual assault myths
By KRISTEN FITZPATRICK
News Writer

Sex Offenser Services (SOS) representative Lynn Bradford attempted to demystify procedures surrounding the report of a sexual assault Wednesday in the hope that increasing awareness will lead to further discussion and reporting. According to Bradford, one in three women and one ... [more]