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Vol XXXIII No. 128

Friday, April 28, 2000

  Despite $30M budget surplus, tuition rises
ERIN PIROUTEK
Associate News Editor

Money is everywhere at Notre Dame. The Generations campaign reached its $767 million goal 18 months ahead of schedule. The endowment climbed to more than $2 billion dollars. During football weekends the sold-out stadium, NBC contract and booming business at the ... [more]


ND, SMC attend WRC meeting
MOLLY McVOY
Saint Mary's Editor

Representatives from both Saint Mary's College and the University of Notre Dame will travel to Chicago today for the Worker Rights Consortium convention. Sandy Vander-werven, the manager of the Saint Mary's bookstore and the College's representative, will go as a voting ... [more]


Profs reflect on Elian raid, long-term effects
MARIBEL MOREY
News Writer

Following the U.S. marshals raid of Elian Gonalez's Miami relatives' home, Americans have questioned whether the excessive force was necessary and wondered about the potential for this incident to leave permanent mental damage on Elian. "The photos of when they took ... [more]


Leckey: Women's roles expanding in Church, parishes
MOLLY McVOY
Saint Mary's Editor

The Convergence panel at Saint Mary's will draft a charter for women in the Church in the new millennium this weekend. The annual conference will address women and their role in the Catholic Church Dolores Leckey, one of the Madeleva lecturers ... [more]


SMC Board of Trustees arrives on campus
SARAH RYKOWSKI
Saint Mary's News Editor

The Saint Mary's Board of Trustees members will arrive on campus approve the budget for next year, present a strategic planning prgress report and report on the progress of the Master Plan. Saint Mary's role in the debate over sweatshop labor ... [more]


Hawkins speaks on struggle to integrate sexuality, work
KIFLIN TURNER
News Writer

Professor Peter Hawkins spoke as a mentor, a Christian and a gay man when he addressed the sexual identity in the workforce on Thursday. Hawkins identified his presentation as one emanating from an oral history that he embodies. "I knew what ... [more]


Students step up to the plate to defeat breast cancer
BRIAN HOBBINS
News Writer

When the Notre Dame baseball team takes on Big East rival St. John's this Sunday, it will be playing one of its biggest games of the season. Professor Charles Lennon's management class will also be squaring off with a formidable opponent. ... [more]