| Vol XXXII No. 4 |
Friday, August 27, 1999 |
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Board approves Master Plan for campus expansion
Observer Staff Report
Final preparations for campus expansion are around the bend for Saint Mary’s after the Board of Trustees approved a Master Plan for campus expansion at its June 26 retreat.Concluding a year of planning with Performa Consulting, the Board gave the go-ahead for a $74 million long-range plan which will extend over a period of several years. ... [more]
University faces potential violation in Dunbar case
By ERICA THESING
When Notre Dame appeared before the NCAA Committee on Infractions June 4, the University and athletic association gave indications the Kimberly Dunbar matter would be resolved in four to six weeks.But nearly three months after that hearing, Notre Dame’s culpability in the case involving a former football booster is yet undetermined, and speculations the University will face its first major violation of NCAA regualtions abound. ... [more]
DuBose inquiry continues
By CHRISTINE KRALY
In a shooting still under investigation, former Irish football captain Demetrius DuBose was killed July 24 in San Diego during an altercation with police officers responding to a burglary call.The linebacker was shot 12 times, with five bullets in the back, according to San Diego Medical Examiner’s reports. The San Diego District Attorney’s Office is investigating the case to determine whether the two officers involved acted in a criminal manner, said public affairs officer Denise Vedder. ... [more]
ND administration prohibits gay ads
By Tim Logan
The University has set forth a new advertising policy for The Observer which specifically bans acceptance of advertisements from Gay and Lesbian Alumni of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s (GALA-ND/SMC) and prohibits ads from “outside groups that, directly or indirectly, espouse positions contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church.”This change in policy, coming two years after release of the Spirit of Inclusion Statement, once again raises questions about the University’s stance — and the Catholic Church’s teachings — with regard to homosexuality. ... [more]
Man exposes self to female jogger
Noreen Gillespie
An unidentified, naked male allegedly accosted a female student on Notre Dame's campus Thursday evening, Notre Dame Security/Police reported.The Notre Dame student reported she was jogging around Saint Mary's Lake between Fatima Retreat Center and Carroll Hall and observed a male standing on the basketball courts north of Carroll Hall, according to Rex Rakow, director of Notre Dame security. ... [more]
Saint Mary’s, Notre Dame fall in annual college rankings
By Matt Smith and Noreen Gillespie
Ending a five-year run as the top-ranked Best Midwest Regional Liberal Arts College by U.S. News and World Report, Saint Mary’s fell to No. 2 in the 2000 rankings.“To be ranked second among 139 colleges in our category by any standard is impressive,” said Saint Mary’s president Marilou Eldred.Saint Mary’s ranked second behind Hillsdalle College of Hillsdale, Mich., a four year private, co-educational liberal arts college. Hillsdale ranked second behind Saint Mary’s in 1999. ... [more]
Library joins consortium for electronic, collection benefit
By MAGGY TINUCCI
The University Libraries have joined a consortium of libraries including Harvard, Yale, Princeton and 14 other universities in the northeastern United States.The Northeast Research Libraries Consortium (NERL) focuses on electronic collections development among its 18 members, engaging primarily in the negotiation and acquisition of licenses for electronic databases and resources.“The consortium puts us in with a group of libraries to help identify electronic resources to be made available to us at Notre Dame,” said Jennifer Younger, director of University Libraries and member of the University’s Task Force on Consortial Relations, one of eight task forces formed in the spring to develop a Plan for Academic Advance at Notre Dame. ... [more]
Ristau takes reins as new Dean
By NELLIE WILLIAMS
Karen Ristau has assumed the position of vice president and Dean of Faculty of Saint Mary’s, replacing Dorothy Feigl who retired in May.Formerly the vice president for Academic Affairs at Saint Joseph College in West Hartford, Conn., and a member of the faculty at the University of St. Thomas Graduate School of Business in St. Paul, Minn., Ristau brings a strong knowledge of the classroom and women’s colleges, said Marilou Eldred, president of Saint Mary’s. ... [more]
Shirt sales may bring students more money
By JOSHUA BOURGEOIS
Student Senate will vote today on a resolution which could enable Student Union to make more money selling The Shirt.If passed by the senate and approved by Student Affairs vice president Father Mark Poorman, the resolution would void the $100,000 limit on profits from T-shirt sales. Currently, the undergraduate government receives only half of the first $200,000 in Shirt revenue. The remaining proceeds go to charity. ... [more]
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