Members of the Campus Life Council (CLC) approved the proposed $15 student activities fee increase Monday with little of the controversy that stalled the Student Senate debate, moving the resolution one step closer to final University approval. Student body president Dave Baron, who crafted the resolution with members of the Senate Academic Affairs committee, brought the proposal to the CLC after senators approved the resolution with a 22-5 majority vote on Oct.
Two consecutive home football game weekends resulted in an unusually large number of alcohol-related arrests, and the Oct. 15 game against Southern California was especially problematic, police said. "The USC game was an exceptionally busy day for police activity, and we were particularly concerned about the level of intoxication that officers observed," Notre Dame Security/Police Assistant Director (NDSP) Phil Johnson said.
The intensity that permeated campus before and during the Oct. 15 USC game subsided quickly after the heartbreaking loss, leading many students to describe the atmosphere surrounding Saturday's BYU game as tame in comparison. Senior Molly Miner felt the BYU weekend "was definitely more mellow.
Both the mission of The Shirt Project and the design of its product dominated discussion at Monday's Council of Representatives (COR) meeting, as student leaders asked questions and offered input to The Shirt Project's outgoing president, Katie Fox. Representatives discussed the controversy that cloaked this year's Shirt Project, noting the constant student dialogue about the 2005 Shirt's gold color, as well as criticism of the Shirt's design and fit.
They were thousands of miles away from the turmoil, but the 350 Notre Dame students and members of the South Bend community who participated in Sunday's GuluWalk on Notre Dame campus showed strong solidarity with the children of northern Uganda. "This really was a special event not only because of how many people turned out to walk, but also because of the diversity of the crowd," co-organizer and senior Peter Quaranto said.
Student government officers who attended Saint Mary's Board of Trustees meetings last week shared their most significant topics of discussion with the Board of Governance Monday. The subcommittee meetings focused on issues including the new academic building, campus security and a lack of student body, participants said.
If it takes a truly global citizen to understand the needs of people around the world, then Hannah Wu was the perfect citizen to discuss "A Journey to Human Rights" Monday afternoon. Wu, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award-winner, grew up in northern China, studied in the United States, worked in Cambodia and currently resides in Switzerland.