At the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Committee on Academics and Student Life, University president Father Edward Malloy has established the Academic and Student Life Advisory Committee to give students a new way to voice their opinions.

ÒI am ecstatic,Ó said student body president Brian OÕDonoghue. ÒThis is a great opportunity students have to voice their opinions and take part in the present and future of Notre Dame and what it will be.Ó

The new advisory body will be composed of 11 elected and appointed members of the student body, faculty and staff, and co-chaired by the provost and vice president for Student Affairs. It will meet quarterly to discuss student experiences in and out of the classroom and will address ways to integrate these two aspects of campus life.

Despite last yearÕs talk about the new advisory body taking the place of the Campus Life Council (CLC), Dennis Brown, associate director of Public Relations and Information, said the committees have different functions.

ÒThere was some talk about the [Student Life Committee] making the CLC redundant, but it hasnÕt taken the place of the CLC,Ó said Brown. ÒIt doesnÕt replace the CLC at all. They have different missions and different purposes and will coexist.Ó

OÕDonoghue hopes both organizations will allow more students to be involved and voice their thoughts on campus and academic life.

ÒWhile this new body has fewer student representatives than the CLC, it has more access to larger issues.Ó OÕDonoghue said. ÒIt will help in the student involvement of governance at Notre Dame. I am excited about the prospects of this body and I am also excited about the prospects of the CLC.Ó

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