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Vol XXXIV No. 20

Monday, September 18, 2000

  Library receives $16 million bequest
by MAUREEN SMITHE

In what is the largest estate gift ever made to the University, the late William Carey's estate donated $16 million to renovate the Hesburgh Library, establish a scholarship fund and support the University's Erasmus Institute. The gift is part of Notre ... [more]


In her daughter's footsteps
by COLLEEN McCARTHY
Associate News Editor

On Christmas Eve 1999, Bridget Torsell received a Christmas present in her mailbox that was to be the realization of a lifelong dream. Awaiting the now 48-year-old woman was an acceptance letter from the Saint Mary's admissions office. "I was filled ... [more]


IU prof, Knight critic discusses role of college athletics on campus
by TIM LOGAN
News Writer

In May, Murray Sperber fled Indiana University after receiving death threats for his criticism of controversial IU basketball coach Bob Knight. But today — just a week after Knight was fired — Sperber is back in Bloomington, meeting with his bosses ... [more]