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College hosts annual Trot for Tots

By The Observer · Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011

The Saint Mary's College Dance Marathon sponsored the third annual "Trot for Tots" 5K, which attracted participants from Saint Mary's, Notre Dame and the South Bend community Wednesday.

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Council discusses school spirit

By The Observer · Monday, Sept. 26, 2011

Coming off the second Irish win of the football season, student body president Pat McCormick invited Notre Dame Leprechaun Mike George to Tuesday's Council of Representatives meeting to discuss how student leaders can help raise school spirit on campus.

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Trip highlights engineering job opportunities

By The Observer · Monday, Sept. 26, 2011

Professor JoannesWesterink brought a collection of 44 civil engineering and geological science students out of the classroom and into the engineering field last weekend. The group traveled to New York City and Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Penn., to meet with firms and explore the university's lab.

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St. Liam's administers flu shots

By The Observer · Monday, Sept. 26, 2011

Receiving a flu shot can reduce the number of student trips to St. Liam's this flu season, said RuthannHeberle, assistant director of Medical Outreach Services.

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Students read banned books

By The Observer · Monday, Sept. 26, 2011

Students gathered across Notre Dame and Saint Mary's campuses to protest censorship and read aloud from Banned Books during national Banned Books Week.

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Weaver teaches, leads theatre workshop

By The Observer · Monday, Sept. 26, 2011

Saint Mary's theater students welcomed a well-known guest lecturer Monday, as actress Sigourney Weaver led a master class at the College accompanied by her husband, director Jim Simpson.

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Leader fights for citizens' freedoms

By The Observer · Monday, Sept. 26, 2011

While delivering his lecture before a packed auditorium, President Ernest BaiKoroma of the Republic of Sierra Leone stated that his efforts to improve the average standard of living in his country will also serve to eliminate the most substantial threat to the freedom of its citizens.

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Professor lectures on Carter's 1977 address

By The Observer · Monday, Sept. 26, 2011

When University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh invited former President Jimmy Carter to give the 1977 Commencement Address, few were expecting a pivotal moment in human rights history to take place in its stead.

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Jeb Bush lectures on education at Forum

By The Observer · Monday, Sept. 26, 2011

Public education in America must maintain the same standards of learning for all children, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said at the first Notre Dame Forum event of the year Monday evening.

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Group discusses new budget

By The Observer · Monday, Sept. 26, 2011

Members passed the new budget for the 2011-2012 academic year during the weekly Saint Mary's Student Government Association (SGA) meeting.

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Professor criticizes execution

By The Observer · Monday, Sept. 26, 2011

The State of Georgia executed Troy Davis, convicted of the 1991 murder of off-duty police officer Mark MacPhail, Wednesday. Controversy surrounded the case as many claimed changes in witness testimony warranted a stay of execution.

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Students raise money for suicide prevention

By The Observer · Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011

Notre Dame students raised more than $3,000 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Saturday by participating in South Bend's first "Out of the Darkness" community walk, a representative from Notre Dame's chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI-ND) said.

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Irish fans travel to Pittsburgh

By The Observer · Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011

Notre Dame students who made the trip to Pittsburgh this weekend said they were excited about the Irish win, but unimpressed with the atmosphere of Heinz Field.

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