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Vol XXXIII No. 24

Friday, September 24, 1999

  Patents `mark' University image
By NOREEN GILLESPIE
Saint Mary's Editor

Notre Dame's attempt to preserve its image sends a message to potential offenders: Hands off. Regulating legal use of its logos doesn't just make the University look good; it also protects its exclusive rights to Notre Dame images. The University has ... [more]


Martial arts injury claims officer's life
By TIM LOGAN
News Editor

South Bend Police Cpl. Randy Moore died Wednesday, losing his struggle to recover from a broken neck suffered in an accident Sept. 6. Moore died at Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center, where he had been since falling while practicing flips in ... [more]


SOA hits moral nerve of campus Pax Christi
By MATT BUNDA
News Writer

Emotions tend to flare on both sides of any debate, and the case of the controversial School of Americas (SOA) is no exception. Brendan Egan, a member of Notre Dame's Pax Christi student organization, virulently calls for the school to ... [more]


Mahowald: `Philosophy changes us'
By SARAH RYKOWSKI
News Writer

Philosophy is a part of everyone's life, said Dr. Mary Mahowald, a medical ethicist and obstetrics and gynecology professor at the University of Chicago, in her lecture Thursday. Mahowald's speech, "Women in the Philosophical Landscape," highlighted the presence of philosophy in ... [more]


Lanzalaco: Death penalty is wrong
By NELLIE WILLIAMS
News Writer

Capital punishment fails to understand the humanity of people it affects, said Father Joe Lanzalaco, a death row chaplain for the state prison in Michigan City in his lecture Thursday. "The death penalty brings out the worst in human beings," said ... [more]