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Vol XXXVII No. 132

Wednesday, April 16, 2003

  Students consider religious life
During national decline, Old College houses 9 students
By Kevin Allen
News Writer

Notre Dame is one of the most well known Catholic academic institutions in the United States. Students here can partake in daily masses in a faith-based community, largely guided by priests and brothers on campus. But with a nationwide decline in ... [more]


Students consider religious life
Holy Cross nuns see decrease in their numbers
By Kevin Allen
News writer

According to Sister Margaret Mary Lavonis, vocation director for the Holy Cross Sisters at Saint Mary's College, every congregation in North America has experienced a decrease in the number of women who profess to be sisters, and Notre Dame and Saint ... [more]


Senior Week registration online
Observer Staff Report

Notre Dame seniors can register for Senior Week activities — events held for the senior class during the week preceding Commencement — online for the first time this year. Using a system similar to the online voting system student government employed ... [more]


Experts face off on religious, scientific theory
By Nicola Bunick

Professors debated the constitutionality of teaching intelligent design theory in schools at Tuesday's lecture titled. "Religion in Public Schools? Debating Creation, Evolution and intelligent design." intelligent design theory accepts most of the premises of modern evolutionary theory, except it claims that ... [more]


Doctor discusses bioterrorism
By Andrew Thagard

Dr. Charles Holt, an osteopathic physician and colonel in the United States Army Reserve, discussed the main bacterial and viral agents used in bioterrorism Tuesday evening. The presentation was the fifth in the Mini-Medical School Lecture Series hosted by the South ... [more]


Feminist shares views on photography at SMC
By Nicole Zook
News Writer

Feminist and author Jane Gallop visited Saint Mary's College Tuesday to present a lecture on her new book, "Living With His Camera: The Unhappy Woman and the Empty Chair." Gallop is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and ... [more]