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Vol XXXIIII No. 83

Tuesday, February 15, 2000

  Professors: media images lead to eating disorders
By Nellie Williams
News Writer

In a society filled with young women crazed to look like super models, movie stars and Barbie dolls, eating disorders are silently advertised in almost all media, according to research done by two Saint Mary's professors. Karen Chambers, a psychology professor, ... [more]


Science Center offers new options
By Anne Marie Mattingly
Associate News Editor

Following 15 years of research and development, Notre Dame opened its Center for Nanoscience and Technology last November. Nanoscience is science performed on a small scale, said Nina Welding, editor of college publications for the College of Engineering. "`Nano' refers to ... [more]


Hellwig: education should be `for practice'
By Stacey Kaplan
News Writer

Serious change is necessary in Catholic education, said Monika Hellwig, Executive Director for the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities [ACCU], in a lecture on Monday. "The most neglected [aspect of Catholic education] is education for practice. We need to practice ... [more]


Renowed theology professor McCormick dies at 79
Special to The Observer

Father Richard McCormick, John A. O'Brien professor emeritus of Christian ethics at Notre Dame, died Saturday at Colombiere Center in Clarkston, Mich. Father McCormick, a moral theologian who specialized in medical ethics, joined the Notre Dame faculty in 1986. He previoulsy ... [more]