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Vol XXXIV No. 26

Tuesday, September 26, 2000

  Students collaborate to plan 24-hour dance
By MYRA McGRIFF
News Writer

Notre Dame and Saint Mary's students may come together next April for a 24-hour dance-a-thon to benefit children living with cancer. Organizers are actively seeking out committee members to aid in planning. "Right now we are looking for Saint Mary's and ... [more]


Mora: Diversity in U.S. a benefit
By KATIE MILLER
News Writer

Author Pat Mora challenged Saint Mary's to realize the importance of diversity in their lives in a Monday lecture. Mora's stories and memoirs from her life as a second-generation Texan living in El Paso, Texas are her inspiration. "Writers are constantly ... [more]


ND offers choice of voice mail
By SCOTT BRODFUEHRER
News Writer

Students who are dissatisfied with Notre Dame's new voice mail system now have the power to choose. Last year, each phone number had one voice mailbox and one pass code. During the summer, the system was changed to give each student ... [more]


Bush, Gore campaigns tainted with controversy
By ERIN LARUFFA
News Writer

The word "RATS" recently flashed across American television screens, courtesy of the Republican Party. But no one is really sure if the word was intended to be there. Although the Republican National Committee (RNC) was actually for the ad, the campaign ... [more]


Members discuss GALA's complaints
By HELENA PAYNE
News Writer

Faculty Senate professor Edward Manier spoke on behalf of the unrecognized group, the Gay and Lesbian Alumni-Notre Dame/ Saint Mary's (GALA), at Monday's Campus Life Council meeting where members discussed whether recent complaints from GALA are appropriate issues for council discussion. ... [more]


Malloy: IOC drug tests don't catch all users
By HELENA PAYNE
News Writer

The Olympic Games need an independent committee to identify athletes' abuse of performance-enhancing substances, said University President Father Edward Malloy, who is also the chair of a commission researching drug abuse in sports. "The progressive number of instances of detected substances ... [more]