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Vol XXXIV No. 22

Wednesday, September 20, 2000

  Stop, drop and roll
Members of the Notre Dame and Saint Mary's communities reflect on fire safety. How safe are the University and College?
By MEG DADAY
News Writer

The piercing sound of a fire alarm reverberated throughout junior Ryan Flanagan's room in O'Neill Hall early this year. As Flanagan evacuated the building for the first fire drill of the year, students living on the third and fourth floors remained ... [more]


ND classes find a shortage of TA's
By ERIN LaRUFFA
Associate News Editor

Whether there are 50 or 250 students in a lecture class, large courses can seem impersonal. Professors in these classes may give interesting and insightful lectures, but it is difficult – if not impossible – for one person to answer every ... [more]


Rape victim speaks out to community
By SARAH RYKOWSKI
Saint Mary's News Editor

Editor's Note: Kelly and Justin are pseudonymns. For Kelly, facing reality was the hardest part to recovery. "This is the first time I've sat down and shared my story," Kelly said. "It took me nine months to go in front of ... [more]


Construction plans near completion at Saint Mary's
uActivities center and Madeleva renovations are coming soon
By SARAH RYKOWSKI
Saint Mary's News Editor

The winds of change continue to waft Saint Mary's campus. A new Student Activities Center is in the works and the major renovations due on Madeleva Hall are on the way through the planning stages. Right now, both projects are still ... [more]


Professors: campaigns are not focused on the issues
By MARIBEL MOREY
News Writer

According to David Leege, professor of government, campaign themes are not about issues, but about which groups will benefit from the kind of leadership the candidate would bring to the office. The 2000 Bush-Cheney and Gore-Lieberman campaigns are not primarily focused ... [more]


College drafts sweatshop policy
Task force will act as a catalyst in raising awareness
By MYRA McGRIFF
News Writer

On Aug. 31, Saint Mary's finished a final draft of their sweatshop policy. With help from students, faculty, administration and Worker Rights Consortion (WRC), the policy proposed many ways to stop the mistreatment of workers around the world. One way the ... [more]