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Vol XXXIIII No. 52

Monday, November 15, 1999

Campus leaders hesitant to decide on Ex Corde

      The ideals set forth by the current draft of guidelines for U.S. Catholic colleges and universities are praiseworthy, say administration leaders at both Notre Dame and Saint Mary's, but they add, the devil lies in the details and in the rush to a decision. Wednesday, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) will likely begin debate on the latest proposal for implementing Ex Corde Ecclesiae, Pope John Paul II's 1990 statement ... [more]
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Playing the political name game
      Despite the current crop of 2000 presidential candidates doing the shaking-hands-and-kissing-babies act in New Hampshire, where the primary election is four months away, the biggest political news of the fortnight was not a policy debate nor a stance on issues. George ... [more]
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Panthers tear down stadium, Irish
      OAKLAND, Penn. The Pittsburgh student section couldn't have summed it up any better. "You can't stop us," they shouted as the Pittsburgh offense ran the ball at will during its final drive. Ironically, they were chanting at the Pittsburgh event staff, ... [more]
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`Piece of My Heart' gives jolt to the system
      For college students of the 1990's, it is hard to believe that teenage boys could have fought in a war, a war from which many of those teenagers never returned. Fathers of teens today understood this all too well, and for ... [more]
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