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Vol XXXVII No. 127

Thursday, April 10, 2003

  University reschedules registration
Server crash prompts officials to change web registration times
ANDREW SOUKUP
News Writer

The server that handles most of the University's primary administrative tasks overheated and crashed Wednesday morning, causing officials in the Registrar's office to reschedule the Web registration times for hundreds of juniors, graduate students and law students. In what one member ... [more]


University reschedules registration
Campus activities may be affected by the new registration schedule
ANDREW SOUKUP
News Writer

The registrar's decision to move registration times could make a variety of weekend events significantly more complicated for students taking part in everything from athletics to practice MCAT exams. Students who are unable to register via computer during their rescheduled registration ... [more]


Panel debates Iraq war
KEVIN ALLEN
News Writer

Students and faculty packed the student lounge in the Coleman-Morse Center Wednesday to discuss the war in Iraq. Air Force ROTC Senior Andrew DeBerry and freshman Peter Quaranto, a member of the Peace Coalition, helped organize the event, titled "Student Dialogue ... [more]


Students sponsor bone marrow drive
Bone marrow drive hopes to register 1,000
JOE TROMBELLO
News Writer

In an attempt to register 1,000 blood donors, Howard Hall kicks off its third annual blood drive today, which will take place from 9a.m.-6 p.m. in the LaFortune Ballroom. The drive hopes to register 1,000 donors in the registry. The drive, ... [more]


Students sponsor bone marrow drive
Bone marrow drives help save lives
JOE TROMBELLO
News Writer

Bone marrow drives save lives. Just ask senior Ann Gurucharri, co-commissioner of the Howard Hall bone marrow drive, and her father Vince Gurucharri, a 1967 Notre Dame graduate who was diagnosed in December 2001 with Myelodysplastic Syndrome, a disease curable only ... [more]


Mock Trial attends competition
ANDREW THAGARD
News Writer

Two Notre Dame teams placed fourth and fifth in their division at the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) National Championship Tournament and three students received additional awards during the event, held April 3-6 in Des Moines, Iowa. The Notre Dame program ... [more]


SMC alums speaks about business jobs
EMILY BRAMMER
News Writer

Saint Mary's alumnae returned to campus Wednesday to speak about finding a job in a uncertain economy, the importance of networking and landing a job in corporate America without ever having taken a business class. Alysann Sieren, senior vice president of ... [more]


Saint Mary's plans swimming lessons
Swim team to teach kids
LAUREN O'BRIEN
News Writer

Throughout this month, members of the Saint Mary's swimming and diving team will hold swimming lessons for children in the South Bend community. Though swimming lessons were not available last year, they have been offered in the past, said Greg Petcoff, ... [more]