As part of the inauguration of Father John Jenkins, the University hosted the Notre Dame Forum Thursday at the Joyce Center to join international religious leaders with Notre Dame representatives and discuss the role of faith in the modern world, in what organizers hope will become an annual event.
University staff members started Thursday bright and early with jelly, jam and University President Father John Jenkins in the Joyce Center. "You are the foundation of what we do," Jenkins told staff at a breakfast that kicked off his inauguration weekend.
Five hundred leaflets protesting Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga's presence on campus were quietly distributed to the throngs of people who flocked to Thursday's Notre Dame Forum at the Joyce Center. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) president Barbara Blaine said members wanted to make a statement against Honduran archbishop Rodriguez, who accused U.
"Thank God our government still works!" was the exulted cry of New Carlisle resident Bonnie DeMyer after the Saint Joseph County Council voted 7 to 2 Thursday to block the building of Tondu Corporation's proposed integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) coal plant.
To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, Saint Mary's will be holding a two-day conference today and Saturday focusing on the Council's legacy, leadership and its unfinished agenda. Sister Kathleen Dolphin - coordinator of the Vatican II conference - said the forum will be comprised of conversation groups led by various speakers who will present the audience with opening commentaries regarding gender issues in the church, the role of the Church in today's world and intercultural issues.
While many students will tune into Saturday's game at Washington from various television sets around campus, others are making the 2,000 mile-long trek as a testament to their support for the team. Mike Marchand and Mike Santos are just two of a number of loyal Irish fans making the journey to Seattle for this weekend's game against Washington.
After a week of intense campaigning, Francesca Johnson and Pauline Kistka were elected Saint Mary's first-year class president and vice president in a run-off election Wednesday. Voting ran until midnight and elections commissioner Danielle Lerner called the pair Thursday morning to inform them of their victory.
Thursday's First Annual Notre Dame forum gives us great insight into how the Jenkins administration will likely manage conflicts and challenges from students, faculty, staff, community members and critics of Notre Dame in the coming years. The Observer's Friday coverage of the panel ("Panelists discuss the global role of religion") as well as the protest outside gives us ample evidence to believe that the Jenkins administration is pursuing a new-age management strategy prevalent at many liberal colleges and universities, namely engineered interfaith dialog from above.
As the rain poured and the wind blew during the third round at the Indiana University Championship Golf Course in Bloomington, Ind., Noriko Nakazaki broke a school record. The junior shot a one-under 215, the lowest three-round score in school history, over three rounds to place third and lead the Irish to a fourth place finish at the Lady Northern Invitational.
This weekend was more of the same for the Irish, who again finished 1-1 in Big East games. After a thrilling come-from-behind victory over Louisville on Friday, Sunday brought steady rain and a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to Cincinnati that doused the spirits of the Irish fans.