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Vol XXXVII No. 62

Thursday, December 5, 2002

  Senate criticizes First Year of Studies
By MEGHANNE DOWNES
Assistant News Editor

The Student Senate unanimously passed a resolution that urged the First Year of Studies to review its evaluation processes because it feels that student needs were not being addressed. Work began on this resolu tion last year after ... [more]


Notre Dame No. 1 in students overseas
Special to The Observer

Notre Dame has the highest percentage of students participating in study abroad programs among American research universities, according to a new report from the Institute of International Education (IIE). For 2000-01, the most recent academic year for which statistics are available, ... [more]


Turnitin.com detects student plagiarism
By CAITLIN EARLY
News Writer

In a recent e-mail sent to the entire student body, the Honor Code Committee addressed several points of concern surrounding the University's use of Turnitin.com, an online plagiarism-detection company. Turnitin.com enables professors and faculty members to submit a student's paper and ... [more]


SMC sponsors religion forum
By MELANIE BECKER
News Writer

In order to increase religious awareness on campus during the holiday season, the Student Diversity Board (SDB) hosted a forum on major world religions in the Haggar College Center last night. "This was to provide awareness of other religions, some knowledge ... [more]