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Off-campus houses robbed

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An email sent Wednesday from Notre Dame's Off Campus Council notified students of a burglary and attempted burglary that took place last weekend.


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Bless each one individually'

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Fr. Mark Thesing, the Notre Dame football chaplain, began his relationship with the team as an undergraduate seminarian in 1979.


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SMC students express concerns over food services

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It's food week at Saint Mary's, a time for students to learn about the foods they're eating and ways to eat healthier. As a part of food week, students had the opportunity Wednesday to bring their questions and concerns to Barry Bowles, general manager of Sodexo dining services, which operates the Saint Mary's dining hall.


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Worker killed by falling tree

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The St. Joseph Co. Coroner said 22-year-old Mark Ellsworth of Mishawaka was killed Thursday at about 10:40 a.m., according to the South Bend Tribune.

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Saint Mary's hosts International Cultural Festival

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On Thursday, The International Cultural Festival at Saint Mary's showcased a variety of ethnic performances and presentations by international students and cultural clubs in conjunction with International Education Week, Terra Coham, assistant director of international student and scholar advisor at the Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership (CWIL), said.


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Buddhist monk muses on true nature of compassion

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Growing up in a Tibetan monastery, ArjiaRinpoche lived through the political oppression and forced labor camps of the Cultural Revolution, escaped to the United States in 1998 and now works as the director of Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington, Ind.   



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Former SEC lawyer discusses ethics

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Gary  Aguirre, the lawyer who "blew the whistle" on Pequot Capital's illegal insider trading activity and catalyzed a 2007 investigation on the hedge fund, delivered a lecture Monday night as the final installment of Mendoza's John A. Berges Lecture Series in Business Ethics.


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SMC hosts foreign language celebration

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 Saint Mary's students shared in the native languages of six women from five different countries Monday through "Writing Across the World," an event sponsored by the Saint Mary's English Language School.


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ND ranks fifth in study abroad participation

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The opportunity to spend a semester of college taking classes in a foreign country, visiting new places and forming strong relationships with other students to many seems too good to pass up, and Notre Dame students are taking advantage of study abroad opportunities at higher rates than ever before.





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Festival marks Indian holiday

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The Indian Association of Notre Dame (IAND) delivered a sense of traditional Indian culture to the ballroom in the LaFortune Student Center with a Diwali Celebration on Sunday night.