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Vol XXXIII No. 17

Wednesday, September 15, 1999

  Philosophy professor receives Book of Year Award
By LIZ ZANONI

James Sterba, Notre Dame professor of philosophy, received the 1998 Book of the Year Award from the North American Society for Social Philosophy for his book "Justice for Here and Now." Sterba's book was recognized at the 16th Annual Social Philosophy ... [more]


Rampersad: Interest grows in black bios
Mirabel Morey

Arnold Rampersad, a Stanford University professor, spoke Tuesday on African-American biographies at the first lecture of the Joseph M. Duffy Lecture Series. Only in the past century have any full-scale African-American biographies appeared, Rampersad said. Beginning modestly with Franklin Douglas as ... [more]


11 bid for SMC frosh elections
Katie Miller

Competition for Saint Mary's freshman class elections will be tougher than usual due to an unusually large pool. Eleven tickets are running for the president and vice president of the Class of 2003. Another 18 women contend for the 13 class ... [more]


Saint Mary's students face parking problems
Nellie Williams

At 10 p.m. on Sunday, Francesca DePalma was faced with a dilemna. With no spots available in the McCandless student parking lot north of Angela Athletic Facility, she could leave her car in the Le Mans parking lot and face a ... [more]


Merrill: Solitary O'Keefe differed from Taos artists
By LINDSAY FRANK

Georgia O'Keefe was an outsider among her contemporaries, Christopher Merrill, a professor of English at Holy Cross College in Wooster, Mass., said in his lecture Tuesday. "She was really a solitary; she's the quintessential outsider," he said. According to Merrill, O'Keefe's ... [more]