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Senate debates COR merger

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Student Senate debated the feasibility of streamlining student government by merging with the Council of Representatives (COR) at its meeting Wednesday.


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Church revises Roman Missal

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The Roman Missal, the book of Mass prayer and ritual, is being given a new English translation intended to prepare the Church for an era of liturgical renewal, the chaplain of the College of Saint Mary Magdalen said at a Wednesday evening lecture.


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Fighting Irish take flight

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Students fascinated by game day flyovers will have a chance to get an inside look at what it takes to fly next semester. The Notre Dame Pilot Initiative, an academic program intended to teach students about the fundamentals of flight, will return this spring.


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SMC students share conference experience

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Three Saint Mary's students shared the insights they gained from attending an international women's issues conference this summer at a presentation held at the Student Center on Wednesday.


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ND8 holds fundraiser at Five Guys

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ND8, a student group fighting poverty in the Third World, hoped to lure students away from the dining halls Wednesday and over to Eddy Street to support a fundraising event held at Five Guys.



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University to build wellness center

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A new employee wellness center will add benefits for faculty, staff and their families, but its construction in the D2 parking lot will significantly reduce the number of parking spaces on campus for students, according to University officials.




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Governor encourages innovation, creativity

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Governor Mitch Daniels humored fans of Star Trek as he explained why Indiana should be the place where Notre Dame graduates choose to "go forth and prosper" during his lecture on enterprise and entrepreneurship in the Mendoza College of Business's Entrepreneurial Insights lecture series.


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Band plays in front of Capitol

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Instead of Touchdown Jesus and the Golden Dome in the background of its performance, the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol Building flanked the Notre Dame Marching Band this past weekend.


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Lopez reflects on UN experience

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A crowd of individuals curious about what it would be like to travel around the world working for the United Nations came to hear Professor George Lopez give the talk, "Denuclearizing North Korea: Confessions of a UN Practitioner," Tuesday in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies.



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LIGHTS donates to high schools

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Used science equipment has found new life in needy high schools thanks to the year-old Notre Dame Laboratory Instrumentation Giving Hope to Students (ND LIGHTS) initiative.


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Banquet raises hunger awareness

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Students, faculty and staff took on new identities Tuesday night for the seventh annual Hunger Banquet, sponsored by Saint Mary's College Student Diversity Board (SDB).




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Prof. speaks at Chinese conference

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Nanoscience could revolutionize treatments of cancer and bacterial infections, a Notre Dame professor who traveled to China for a conference on the subject, said.