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Vol XXXVII No. 118

Friday, March 28, 2003

  SMC students win recognition
Meghan Cassidy
News writer

Five Saint Mary's students and a professor were recognized for their writings on the African-American experience at this year's Southern Conference on African-American Studies, Inc., held Feb. 19-23 in Charleston, S.C. "These awards announce Saint Mary's College as an up-and-coming presence ... [more]


Foley outlines Student Senate achievements
Maureen Reynolds
News Writer

After a slow start this year, the Student Senate has proven they can take on major issues and begin to make real and important changes in student life. "The year started off tough with the alcohol policy changes. [Senate] got a ... [more]


Engineering, ROTC professors deployed to Iraq war
By KEVIN ALLEN
News Writer

University engineering professor Jeffrey Talley, a member of the Army Corps of Engineers Reserves, was deployed to the Middle East in early February. The second-year professor, who is affiliated with the Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, was called up ... [more]


Groody bound for national championships
Theology professor, priest, blends Scripture with ski slopes
By ANDREW SOUKUP
News Writer

Over half his life ago, Daniel Groody sat during his family's vacation to Vermont glued to a television. On the screen, he watched as an Austrian downhill skier named Franz Klammer soared down the mountain at the 1976 Olympics. Groody loved ... [more]


Visitation welcomes students
By TERESA FRALISH
Associate News Editor

In an effort to increase minority student enrollment among its freshman class, Notre Dame will welcome over 150 minority high school seniors to campus this weekend for Spring Visitation. The program, which is sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, brings ... [more]


Saint Mary's rises to goal in Lilly Challenge
By LAUREN O'BRIEN
News Writer

Saint Mary's faculty and staff have made significant progress since June toward their goal for the Lilly Challenge that matches each dollar donated to the school. Lilly Endowment, Inc., a private philanthropic foundation, allocated a potential $138 million in the "Initiative ... [more]


College plans to add $200 technology fee
By ANNELIESE WOOLFORD
News Writer

Saint Mary's has added a $200 technology fee to the 2003-04 student tuition to raise necessary funding for ongoing technology upgrades and campus software licensing, The College's Department of Information Technology decided to update its network capacity, in a move that ... [more]