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Vol XXXV No. 123

Friday, April 12, 2002

  Bookstore teams find their names censored
By MIKE CONNOLLY
Senior Staff Writer

Junior Brandon Griffith was very surprised to learn the name for his Bookstore Basketball team had been censored by Student Activities. His team's name wasn't profane. His team's name wasn't sexually explicit. His team's name wasn't racist, sexist or anti-homosexual. Nevertheless, ... [more]


Intercomm founder speaks on N. Ireland experiences
By MEGAN MARTIN
News Writer

Imprisoned at 17 without trial for being a Catholic youth in a section of Belfast where it was an unofficial crime, Liam Maskey visited the Law School yesterday to share his experiences of living in the Northern Irish town of North ... [more]


Clark, Kroener design memorial
By SCOTT BRODFUEHRER
Assistant News Editor

Four hours before the deadline for the deadline for the School of Architecture's Sept. 11 Memorial Design Competition, the winners had not yet decided to enter the contest. Over Easter break, winners Kevin Clark and Meg Kroener, both fifth-year architecture students, ... [more]


ND grads inpsire black filmmakers
By T. MUSETTE JOHNSON
News Writer

Christine and Michael Swanson, a married couple and 1994 Notre Dame graduates, returned to campus Thursday to discuss their work in independent cinema. The Swansons head the Los Angeles-based production studio Faith Filmworks, Inc., directed and produced the 2001 short film ... [more]


Campus vandalism increases recently
By JOHN FANNING
News Writer

There has been an increase in reported cases of vandalism around campus during the last few weeks, according to the Rex Rakow, director of Notre Dame Security/Police. However, Rakow is not alarmed by the recent events and attributes the jump mostly ... [more]


Women leaders promote social change
By SARAH NESTOR
News Writer

Joann Kane, CEO of McAuley Institute, and Sylvia Puente, of the Latino Studies Department at Notre Dame, spoke together Thursday in a forum about the importance of women as community leaders. The forum, "Women as Catalysts for Social Change: Women's Leadership ... [more]


ND opts not to formally affirm workers' rights
By JUSTIN KRIVICKAS
News Writer

Notre Dame has rejected a proposal by the Progressive Student Alliance for the University to make a formal statement affirming the rights of workers in the Catholic tradition. Since its inception, the PSA has been working on labor issues. "There was ... [more]


SMC frosh elected vice president of Flipside
By JILL MAXBAUER
News Writer

For the first time in its history, FlipSide has elected a Saint Mary's student as co-president to the alcohol-free campus club. Saint Mary's freshman Liesl Yost snd Notre Dame freshman Margaret Dois were elected co-presidents of Flipside. While a Saint Mary's ... [more]


Police interview suspect, turn over forensic evidence to lab
Investigation of 1 former, 3 current ND football players to wrap up next week
By Helena Payne
News Editor

St. Joseph county police are handing over evidence from the alleged rape of a Notre Dame 20-year-old female student to a state crime lab, Sheriff Richard Seniff said Friday morning at a press conference. The sheriff said the suspects in the ... [more]