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Vol XXXIII No. 100

Thursday, March 9, 2000

  County will not charge ND students
Freshmen allege race-motivated Sunday arrest of four at local Denny's
By TIM LOGAN
News Editor

Nine Notre Dame students entered Denny's on Dixieway South late on the night of Sunday, Feb. 27, but before they even sat down at a table, four were in police custody for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Now their arrest, and ... [more]


Town council to investigate police action
By TIM LOGAN
News Editor

The two off-duty police officers who arrested four Notre Dame students at Denny's Diner on Sunday, Feb. 27, will go before their town council for an investigation and possible disciplinary action, Roseland police chief Larry Miller said Wednesday. "Due to the ... [more]


`Doctor' moms juggle child rearing, careers
By ERIN LaRUFFA
News Writer

The year Saint Mary's mathematics professor Joanne Snow came up for tenure, she gave birth to one of her four children. Both Saint Mary's and Notre Dame allow faculty to delay tenure for a year due to the birth of a ... [more]


Members vote to seek new equipment for Rock
By ERIN LaRUFFA
News Writer

With many newly elected senators in attendance Wednesday, the Student Senate passed a resolution dealing with the upgrade of exercise equipment at the Rockne Memorial. The resolution is meant to draw attention to the inferiority of Rockne Memorial's equipment in comparison ... [more]


Laundry thefts plague Le Mans, McCandless
By SARAH RYKOWSKI
News Writer

Residence hall laundry rooms on Saint Mary's campus have been the recent targets of clothing thefts, according to several hall directors. "It's really sad. It makes you wonder what kind of person would steal a T-shirt," said Beth Kledcik, a junior ... [more]


Conference seeks church, history links
By ERIN PIROUTEK
Assistant News Editor

This weekend's conference, "Catholicism in 20th Century America" is committed to linking the history of the Catholic community to the history of American society as a whole in the last 100 years. "If you're wondering about the history of American Catholicism, ... [more]


Book looks into varying social action
Special to The Observer

The capacity of religious belief to inspire both peaceful and violent social action among people of the same faith traditions is explored in a new book by Notre Dame historian R. Scott Appleby. Published by Rowman & Littlefield, "The Ambivalence of ... [more]