Spring Break
Attendance policies may grow stricter this semester following a letter from University Provost Thomas Burish reminding professors that students are not allowed three unexcused absences. "Contrary to common student lore, there is no University policy permitting students … three unexcused absences from class without consequences," Burish said in the letter, which was sent to professors near the end of winter break.
Juniors Mickey Gruscinski and Sarah Falvey were elected the next Saint Mary's student body president and vice president Monday after running an unopposed campaign. The pair received more than 50 percent of the vote, according to an e-mail the Board of Governance sent to the student body Tuesday.
Thanks to an anonymous donor, 100 children in the South Bend area have free tickets to see Notre Dame's women's basketball team play Pittsburgh on Feb. 10. Three quarters of the 100 tickets went to area children involved in Lead-ND, the campus organization that takes Notre Dame volunteers to different schools across South Bend to help the children develop leadership skills.
Students can look forward to seeing all of their favorite shows return to NDtv for another season, with a few tweaks and the possibility of added programming. NDtv, the student-run TV station that airs 24 hours on channel 53 on Notre Dame's on-campus cable system, launched its 2007-08 lineup - featuring seven original shows - in September.
Since its inception a mere 15 months ago, the Entrepreneurship Club has seen its membership skyrocket to become one of the fastest-growing and most active undergraduate organizations on campus. The Entrepreneurship Club - or "E-Club," as its members call it - attracts students from a wide variety of disciplines - and that may be one of the reasons why it has seen its membership rise to 70 in the last year, co-president Mark Bennett said.
Pauline Kistka and Francesca Johnson, Saint Mary's dance marathon organizers, attended the Board of Governance's (BOG) meeting Tuesday asking for funding for the upcoming event, which has raised more than $68,000 in two years for Riley's Children Hospital.
In an effort to give a boost to the economic and environmental life of local communities, many people across the nation have turned to locally grown foods to fill their shopping carts - and Notre Dame is no exception. Jim Yarbrough, the senior associate director of Food Services and chairman of its social responsibility committee, said that last year, Notre Dame spent more than $2,243,000 on local products.