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Morris Inn completes expansion

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After a $30 million, nine-month renovation process, Notre Dame's Morris Inn reopened to the public Friday for the first time since the project began in October.


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SMC Revamps Justice Awareness Group

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"Justice Friday's" will be one of many events planned to help the Saint Mary's Justice Education department make a comeback on campus. After one academic year without a department chair, the department will be stronger than ever, interim director Adrienne Lysles-Chockley said.


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Showers Dampen OK Go Performance

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Alternative rock band OK Go returned to Notre Dame Friday for a high-energy performance, but rain and wild behavior by band members underwhelmed students.


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Program helps exchange students

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For international students traveling great distances to attend Saint Mary's, a revamped International Peer Mentor program will help ease the transition to campus life.


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Fencer Represents U.S. in Jewish Olympics

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For junior Madison Zeiss, this summer revolved around only one event: the Maccabiah, an international competition for Jewish athletes around the world. Zeiss, a first-team All-American fencer, collected a gold medal in both the individual and team foil events in the open division for athletes of all ages.


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Panelists discuss Syrian refugee dilemma

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As President Obama rallies congressional support to intervene in the Syrian conflict, panelists Asher Kaufman, Kevin Appleby and Fr. Dan Groody discussed the volatile Middle Eastern country's refugee diaspora Monday night in Geddes Hall.


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Seating Policy Evokes Mixed Feelings

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Though within the Notre Dame community the appeal of Notre Dame football seems all but universal, the new seating policy enacted during Saturday's football game garnered mixed reactions from students.


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Irish Novelist Reflects on Changing Times

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Irish novelist Patrick McCabe drew on his personal experience growing up in Ireland to address the effects of technological development Friday in a talk titled, "Irish Village Life Over 100 Years: From Brass Band to Broadband." The Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies sponsored McCabe's talk in the Hesburgh Library's Rare Books Room.



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SPARK graduate opens dance studio downtown

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In  September, Velvet Canada, a graduate of Saint Mary's Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI) fourth SPARK program in South Bend, will open her own dance studio named DanceHipology, WEI director Martha Smith said.


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University restructures on-campus discipline

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After a thorough review of its disciplinary processes and procedures, the former Office of Residence Life has reinvented itself as the Office of Community Standards to better address disciplinary incidents with the goals of student development and formation. 




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Campus welcomes six new rectors

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As the school year begins, new rectors are getting acclimated to their roles as community leaders and mentors in Cavanaugh Hall, Farley Hall, Keough Hall, Lewis Hall, O'Neill Hall and Ryan Hall.