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Vol XXXIII No. 39

Tuesday, October 26, 1999

  Griffin dies at 74
Special to the Observer

Father Robert Griffin died Thursday at Holy Cross House. He was 74. An alumni of the Class of 1949, Griffin returned to Notre Dame as assistant rector of Keenan Hall in 1967 and became rector in 1969. He was appointed to ... [more]


Panel: Sweatshops need monitors
By TIM LOGAN
Monitoring not only solution to human rights problems

Compliance monitoring is an essential element in the fight against sweatshop labor, but it is just one of the elements necessary to successfully combat abuse of workers, panelists told the sweatshop symposium Monday. Establishing standards, educating factories about those standards and ... [more]


Board dedicates computer cluster
By NOREEN GILLESPIE
Saint Mary's Editor

Representing a continued commitment to technology improvement on campus, president Marilou Eldred and the Board of Trustees dedicated the newly-constructed Trumper Computer Cluster in Cushwa-Leighton Library Oct. 15. The cluster, the result of a $350,000 gift from trustee member Jeffrey Trumper ... [more]


Dunbar released early on probation
Special to the Observer

Former Notre Dame football booster Kim Dunbar was released from prison Oct. 18 after serving one year for embezzling $1.2 million from her former employer, Dominiack Mechanical, Inc., of South Bend. Dunbar, a former member of the now defunct Quarterback Club, ... [more]