| Vol XXXIII No. 49 |
Wednesday, November 10, 1999 |
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Countdown to Ex Corde Ecclesiae enters final week
A decade of debate culminates with vote on Catholic education
By TIM LOGAN
News Editor
 A landmark moment in the future of Notre Dame, Saint Mary's and the rest of American Catholic higher education is one week away. Next Wednesday, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops will likely vote on the implementation of Ex Corde Ecclesiae, ... [more]
Malloy addresses University relationship with Observer
By JOSHUA BOURGEOIS
Assistant News Editor
University president Father Edward Malloy spoke Tuesday to the Faculty Senate regarding The Observer's advertising policy, publishing Board of Trustees and Fellows minutes, hiring more faculty and the Generations campaign. In his annual address and question/answer session with the senate, Malloy ... [more]
Clinton: Women's involvement vital to politics
First Lady addresses Women's Leadership Forum of the DNC
By COLLEEN McCARTHY
Washington Correspondent
It is essential for women to vote in elections and be more involved in politics in order to make sure that issues affecting women, families and children are addressed, said First Lady Hillary Clinton. Clinton, speaking to the Women's Leadership Forum ... [more]
Prof: Intellectuals, worker ties important in labor relations
By ERIN LARUFFA
News Writer
Ties between workers and intellectuals are important in the labor movement, according to Notre Dame sociology professor Robert Fishman. Fishman is currently working on a project entitled "Social Ties and the Quality of Democratic Life: Workers and Intellectuals in Contemporary Spain." ... [more]
Hesburgh up for Congressional Gold Medal
By LAURA SELLINGER
News Writer
Congressman Tim Roemer introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives last May to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Father Theodore Hesburgh. Hesburgh, who served as president of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1972, received the honor in recognition for ... [more]
Sweatshop worker shares experinces
By NOREEN GILLESPIE
Saint Mary's Editor
When a recruiting company came to Chie Abad's homeland in the Philippines, she thought that employment in East Saipan would grant her the opportunity to exercise her rights as a human being. Gathering the customary $2,000 dollars necessary to buy a ... [more]
Holocaust filmmaker to speak tonight
By MARIBEL MOREY
News Writer
A 5-year-old Jewish girl was lifted on the train as her helpless father watched and screamed the last words she would ever hear him say. "Don't take my baby away, don't take my baby away!" he screamed. This scene from ... [more]
Journalist: Media must pay attention
By ERICA THESING
Associate News Editor
Troubled by decreasing credibility, a demand for high profits and the pressures of a 24-hour news cycle, the media must listen to their critics and their audience, Geneva Overholser said during a lecture Tuesday night. Overholser, a syndicated columnist and former ... [more]
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