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Vol XXXIII No. 114

Thursday, April 6, 2000

  Conference explores pro-life movement
By SARAH RYKOWSKI
Saint Mary's News Editor

Taking a revolutionary stand in the pro-life movement at the collegiate level, the Right to Life clubs of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's will host a conference entitled "Our Duty to Serve, Our Call to Lead" this weekend. "This is the ... [more]


Students serve as `good neighbors' to local community
u ND and SMC
By ERIN LaRUFFA
Assistant News Editor

One year ago, a 2-and-a-half year old boy wandered away from his South Bend home, quite curious about the cars he saw whizzing by him. He walked about three blocks before a woman found him standing near the side of the ... [more]


Blood drive honors
Seattle girl patient
Observer Staff Report

The Arnold Air Society is sponsoring a blood drive today in LaFortune Ballroom from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the name of Patty Collins, a Seattle girl suffering from a rare form of liver cancer. Collins' parents, Bill and Kathy, ... [more]


New officers debate parliamentarian nomination
By LAURA ROMPF
Assistant News Editor

Last night's Student Senate meeting was the first for the new officers and vice president Brooke Norton. Although the agenda included very few items, the meeting lasted nearly two hours due to a lengthy debate over the nomination for parliamentarian. "I'm ... [more]


SMC group presents at national conference
By NELLIE WILLIAMS
News Writer

Saint Mary's College was well represented last week at the National Meeting of American Chemical Society in San Francisco. Seniors Julie Bower, Anne Pangilinan, Katie Goolsby and Laura Carroll, along with junior Emily Koelsch and professors Deborah McCarthy and Philip ... [more]


Group evaluates classroom use
classroom use resolution
By JOSHUA BOURGEOIS
Senior Staff Writer

The Faculty Senate passed a resolution encouraging the Academic Council to investigate the efficient use of classroom space and sent another resolution back to the committees on Student Affairs and Academic Affairs regarding information reported on students' transcripts and the awarding ... [more]


Saint Mary's reps to help shape fledgling WRC
By MOLLY McVOY
Saint Mary's Editor

As Saint Mary's College takes its first step in the fight against sweatshops, representatives from the College will travel to the Worker Rights Consortium founding conference this weekend. The college joined the Consortium on March 29. Representatives from the investigative ... [more]