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Run to raise alcohol awareness

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The residents of Lyons Hall will honor a former Lyonite killed by a drunk driver with its signature event, the Mara Fox Run, on Saturday morning.




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Forum continues discussion of education reform

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The Notre Dame Forum continued Wednesday as four experts wrestled with the most prominent issues currently affecting American education during the panel discussion "The Conversation: Developing the Schools Our Children Deserve."


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Saint Mary's hosts annual Aquinas lecture

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College students should not feel the need to be constantly happy, Notre Dame philosophy Professor Alasdair MacIntyre said in the annual McMahon Aquinas lecture Wednesday evening at Saint Mary's.




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College hosts annual Trot for Tots

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.