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Vol XXXIII No. 118

Wednesday, April 12, 2000

  Nuns struggle with challenges of age
By NELLIE WILLIAMS
News Writer

Technology has increased longevity, but not age awareness, according to a recent study by JoAnn Meyer Burke, assistant professor of social work and anthropology at Saint Mary's College. Burke recently conducted a study on how the role of Catholic nuns is ... [more]


ND grad receives Pulitzer
By KIFLIN TURNER
News Writer

1994 Notre Dame alumnus George Dohrmann was honored Monday with the Pulitzer Prize for his beat reporting and investigation of academic fraud within the University of Minne-sota's basketball team. Dohr-mann broke the story in the St. Paul Pioneer Press before the ... [more]


Faculty Assembly to review study days proposal next Fall
By COLLEEN McCARTHY
Associate News Editor

A proposal to implement study days at Saint Mary's will not be reviewed by the Faculty Assembly until the fall, when the 2000-2001 school year begins, said Angie Little, former Saint Mary's student body vice president. Little updated the Saint Mary's ... [more]