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Saint Mary's supports South Bend food bank

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 In a campus-wide effort to provide food options for the less fortunate, the Saint Mary's College's Office for Civic and Social Engagement  (OCSE) will be collecting boxed and canned food for a local project called Neighbors in Need this month. 


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Student government releases benefit CD

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 Student government recently released "Head Above Water," a CD containing original music by Notre Dame students whose profits will benefit for the Global Water Initiative, 


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CLC responds to possible du Lac revisions

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 The Campus Life Council met with Bill Kirk, associate vice president for Residence Life, Monday to comment on possible revisions of the du Lac student handbook, emphasizing in particular the progression of disciplinary sanctions and the University's policies for alcohol consumption on campus. 


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Mendoza hosts Ethics Week

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 In an effort to encourage discussion of ethical matters among students and faculty, the Mendoza College of Business launched its 13th annual Ethics Week Monday, focusing this year on the issue of abortion.

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Conference to examine identity

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 The Edith Stein Project, sponsored by the Identity Project of Notre Dame, will return to campus for a fifth year, initiating an honest discussion on human identity and relationships. 


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SMC athletes host party for children

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As a way to celebrate Valentine's Day, Saint Mary's athletes came together to throw a party for the children of Memorial Hospital's Oncology and Hematology Departments Sunday.



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For McKillen, music is life

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From charity concerts to AcoustiCafe to this year's B1 Block Party, senior Pat McKillen is a regular on the Notre Dame music scene. His constant presence on the performance circuit has earned him a sizable student fan base and performance opportunities outside the University.


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Alumni respond to call for Haitian relief

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Fundraising and advocacy are two immediate term relief efforts in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. Rebuilding the country's institutions like the medical care system is one long-term effort the University is now undertaking, Brennan Bollman, a Notre Dame graduate and the 2009 valedictorian, said.



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SMC contributes to local food drives

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In a campus-wide effort to provide food options for the less fortunate, the Saint Mary's College's Office for Civic and Social Engagement  (OCSE) will be collecting boxed and canned food for a local project called Neighbors in Need this month.


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Marketing club host ND alumni

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Notre Dame alumni Kaylea Hoelscher and Todd Woodward will return to campus on Feb. 8 top share their experiences in the advertising profession at an event hosted by the Marketing Club.


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ELECTION IN FOCUS: Presidential candidate Eras Noel, vice presidential candidate Julian Corona

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Who They Are Junior Eras Noel lives in Siegfried Hall and is majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design. Noel's vice presidential candidate, Julian Corona, is a junior Electrical and Mechanical Engineering major. He lives in St. Edwards Hall. In Their Words: Top Priority: A series called "Perspectives," where a professor will lead a discussion with students in his area of expertise about a topic of the week, or topic of the month. "We'll talk about gay marriage, abortion, the death penalty," Noel said. "It helps us to grow as a student community and as individuals."


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Saint Mary's choir to perform in Carnegie

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Music professor Nancy Menk and members of the Saint Mary's Women's Choir will join other choirs in a performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Valentine's Day. The concert is entitled "Love, Lust and Light" and will begin at 2 p.m. in the Isaac Stern Auditorium.


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ELECTION IN FOCUS: Presidential candidate Catherine Soler, vice presidential candidate Andrew Bell

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Who They Are Presidential candidate Soler, a sophomore from Farley Hall, is an accounting major and vice presidential candidate Bell is a sophomore business major from Knott Hall. Soler is currently sophomore class president and Bell serves on Student Senate. In Their Words    Top Priority: Soler and Bell plan on creating a rental program for textbooks in the Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore.


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Leaders present to Board of Trustees

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Student government is prioritizing seven initiatives for the rest of the year, student body president Grant Schmidt told the Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees at a meeting Thursday.


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Day of Man' raises money for homeless

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The thermometer read 32 degrees, but yesterday 180 Siegfried Hall men braced the freezing South Bend weather in shorts, T-shirts and sandals to raise money for the South Bend Center for the Homeless.


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Scholars study merits of Rome

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Scholars across disciplines will come together tonight and tomorrow in a colloquium hosted by the School of Architecture entitled "Learning from Rome: The Influence of the Eternal City on Art, Architecture and the Humanities" in order to question the merits of studying in and about the Italian capital.



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Welsh Fam hosts DanceFest

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This Friday and Saturday night, Washington Hall will be brimming with different styles of dance—from hip-hop to Irish Stepping — as Welsh Family Hall presents its annual signature event, DanceFest 2010.