| Vol XXXV No. 137 |
Friday, May 17, 2002 |
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Notable ND seniors will tie the knot
MAUREEN SMITHE
Senior Staff Writer
 At last count, graduating seniors Alison Lasseter and Jess Donnelly figured 25 couples from the Class of 2002 are engaged. Like many Notre Dame women, they've been keeping the count since the first day of senior year. "We were talking about ... [more]
Nanni to assume new VP position
Current vice
HELENA PAYNE
News Editor
Lou Nanni, vice president for Public Affairs and communication, will replace retiring Vice President for University Relations William Sexton July 1. "I am both excited and humbled by the new responsibilities," said Nanni, who was recently elected by the Board of ... [more]
ND, SMC seniors respond to call to serve
ANDREW THAGARD
Assistant News Editor
Not long after Nick Fonte receives his diploma, the upcoming Notre Dame graduate will pack his bags and head to Honduras to work 27 months in an orphanage that serves 60 children. Fonte was accepted into the Farm of the Child ... [more]
ND expels alleged rapists
HELENA PAYNE
News Editor
Notre Dame expelled four former football players allegedly involved in a March 28 rape, University spokesman Dennis Moore confirmed Wednesday. Senior Donald Dykes, sophomores Lorenzo Crawford and Abram Elam, and Justin Smith, who was taking graduate-level classes while finishing a fifth ... [more]
Dolezal, Furman to be honored as valedictorians
Furman achieves highest GPA while working as baseball manager
By SCOTT BRODFUEHRER
Assistant News Editor
In addition to having the highest grade point average of all of her classmates, Saint Mary's valedictorian Katie Furman also serves as the head manager of Notre Dame's baseball team, the equivalent of a full-time job. Furman has a 3.98 grade ... [more]
Dolezal, Furman to be honored as valedictorians
Dolezal balances academics, service and spirituality
By SCOTT BRODFUEHRER
Assistant News Editor
Valedictorian Tim Dolezal has lived in Carroll all his life. In fact, he's lived in two communities named Carroll —a small Iowa town and Notre Dame's smallest residence hall. Both have helped Dolezal become the member of the senior class who ... [more]
The Year in Review
Campuses respond to Sept. 11 attacks. University completes construction projects. U2 plays at the Joyce. Vagina Monologues performed. Officials introduce new alcohol policy. Campus deals with sexual assault.
By KATE NAGENGAST
News Writer
Sept. 11 Attacks By far the most shocking and memorable event of 2001, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington canceled classes for one day, but traumatized Americans forever. ... [more]
Smyth wins Laetare Medal
By ANDREW THAGARD
Assistant News Editor
Notre Dame alumnus Father John Smyth will receive this year's Laetare Medal at the 2002 Commencement exercises. The Chicago priest has spent the last 40 years working at Maryville Academy, a residence for orphaned and homeless children. "Father Smyth is a ... [more]
ND, SMC award honorary degrees
Observer Staff Report
Notre Dame will present 11 honorary degrees at its Commencement exercises on Sunday, and Saint Mary's will award three on Saturday. Notre Dame recipients include: journalist and principal Commencement speaker Tim Russertt; Margaret Bent, the first female senior research fellow at ... [more]
Fox cancels Commencement speech
By SCOTT BRODFUEHRER
Assistant News Editor
Two months after Notre Dame announced Mexican President Vicente Fox would be the principal speaker at Sunday's Commencement exercises, Fox became the first speaker in recent history to cancel his speaking appointment. In late April, Mexican embassy officials told the University ... [more]
Notre Dame class of 2002 leaves its mark
HELENA PAYNE
News Editor
The 1,872 members of the Notre Dame undergraduate class of 2002 will enter a new phase of their lives, leaving four years of memories filled with academics and service, along with tragedy and hope. Since the day they stepped foot on ... [more]
Journalist, Labor secretary speak at Commencements
Tim Russert to address Notre Dame 2002 graduates Sunday
Observer staff report
Tim Russert, moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press" will address the Notre Dame Class of 2002 as the keynote speaker for Notre Dame's 157th Commencement on Sunday. During the graduation ceremony, Russert will receive an honorary doctor of law degree along ... [more]
Sec. of Labor Chao to speak at Saint Mary's
Observer staff report
U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao will deliver the commencement address at Saint Mary's on Saturday. Chao, a native of Tai-wan, is the first Asian-Amer-ican woman ap-pointed to a president's cabinet in United States history. She was confirmed by the U.S. ... [more]
Senior Army cadet earns national distinction
Cadet enters Transportation Corps of Army as No. 1 cadet in U.S.
JUSTIN KRIVICKAS
News Writer
Graduating Notre Dame senior Nathaniel Hicks has been ranked nationwide as the No. 1 cadet entering the Army's Transportation Corps. Notre Dame professor of military studies Lt. Col. David Mosinski contacted Hicks and told him about the award. "I was really ... [more]
Linebacker bouncer to launch own Web site
V. Van Buren Giles
News Copy Editor
Jaime Grayson is a fixture at the Linebacker Lounge, the famous Notre Dame bar that sports the best Long Island iced teas and plays the fight song at the end of every night. Grayson is 37 years old and stands ... [more]
Hesburgh to receive his 150th honorary degree
By HELENA PAYNE
News Editor
Just one day before his 85th birthday, University President Emeritus Father Theodore Hesburgh will receive his 150th honorary degree from the University of San Diego during May 26 Commencement exercises. Hesburgh, who received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the ... [more]
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