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Leadership the FBI way'

By The Observer · Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013

With a resumé boasting high-profile casework at the FBI, service at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and risk assessment at Disney, Dr. Kathleen McChesney's career has been anything but boring.

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Thinking outward'

By The Observer · Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013

WASHINGTON - The night before Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly, then a member of the House of Representatives, was set to cast a ballot on the Affordable Care Act in 2010, he received a phone call from one of his constituents.

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Fair highlights service groups

By The Observer · Monday, Jan. 21, 2013

Students hoping to reach out and address issues in the South Bend and surrounding areas will have the opportunity Wednesday, when the Center for Social Concerns (CSC) will host its annual Social Concerns Fair.

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SMC club prepares for fundraiser

By The Observer · Monday, Jan. 21, 2013

The Saint Mary's Dance Marathon committee remains hard at work planning for the event, a student-led fundraiser benefitting the Riley Hospital for Children scheduled for March 23.

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Group plans unifying projects

By The Observer · Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

While students ease back into a routine of classes, studying and meetings as the semester gets underway, the Student Government Association (SGA) is preparing for the busy weeks ahead.

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Campus community stands by Te'o

By The Observer · Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

Long Tran remembers his freshman and sophomore years when his roommate would lend him life advice, introduce him to other people and decompress with video games after a long day.

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Panel celebrates first-generation students

By The Observer · Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, members of the Saint Mary's community gathered together to host a panel remembering Dr. King's message of fostering an inclusive community titled "First Generation College Students."

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Examining our own mistakes and what went wrong

By The Observer · Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

Almost as soon as news of the by now infamous LennayKekua hoax broke last week, it was clear the media would have some answering to do. Rather than uncovering the truth, we all unknowingly perpetuated the false narrative.

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History made every minute

By The Observer · Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

WASHINGTON - I remember visiting Washington for the first time as a little girl, staring in awe at the towering white monuments and walking until my feet could fall off, only to rest with my family under the idyllic cherry blossoms near the Potomac. I returned to Washington, D.C. this weekend not as a tourist but as a student journalist, reporting on the 57th presidential inauguration for The Observer with Multimedia Editor Sarah O'Connor. If you missed the ceremonies, follow my play-by-play below:

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Band joins with Ugandan choir

By The Observer · Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

When 2012 graduates Brian Powers and Nick Gunty traveled to Kkindu, Uganda, last summer, the pair gained much more than expected from their experience.

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Formber USCCB official discusses sexual abuse

By The Observer · Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

After more than two decades of media scrutiny on the issue of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, Dr. Kathleen McChesney, former head of the Office of Child Protection at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, provided an assessment of the Church's progress in a lecture Monday night.

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Law professor reflects on landmark case

By The Observer · Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

The first installment of the semester in the Professors for Lunch series, "Roe at 40: The Supreme Court, Abortion and the Culture War that Followed," drew an audience that filled the Oak Room of South Dining Hall on Jan. 18.

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Te'o controversy moves forward

By The Observer · Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

Editor's note: A version of this story appeared on ndsmcobserver.com early Saturday morning. It has been updated with facts that have emerged since then.

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USCCB director lectures on abuse

By The Observer · Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

Leadership and protecting children from sexual abuse will be the focus of a pair of lectures presented this week by Dr. Kathleen McChesney, former executive director of the Office of Child Protection at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

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Alumna founds clothing company

By The Observer · Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

With multiple duties of being an entrepreneur, a wife, a mom, a daughter and a sister, Courtney Schultz, a 2010 graduate of Saint Mary's College, is expanding her design company to include collegiate wear for women across the nation.

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Students experience D.C.

By The Observer · Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013

WASHINGTON - Junior Mia Counts got a new ID card this semester - not from Card Services on campus, but for the Pentagon Building in Washington D.C.

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