2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
"The Vagina Monologues," Eve Ensler's controversial play exploring female sexuality, returned to campus last night in DeBartolo 101 despite cries of protest from students, alumni and local bishop John D'Arcy. The performance was followed by a panel discussion featuring three University professors, a representative of D'Arcy's office and a surprise appearance by president of the Alumni Association Richard Nussbaum.
With the Indiana Democratic primary approaching on May 6, each of the presidential candidates have been focusing their efforts on winning as many of the states delegates as possible and have made several recent trips to Indiana to do so. Representing Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton supported her mother and fielded the questions of students and faculty from Notre Dame, Saint Mary's, Holy Cross College, the Indiana University of South Bend, Bethel College and Ivy Tech as part of a question and answer session sponsored by the Northern Indiana Student Democrats Wednesday at Legends.
A suspect stole a total of three laptop computers and one wallet from two unlocked rooms in Lyons Hall Wednesday, police said. Dave Chapman, assistant director of Notre Dame Security/Police, said the burglaries occurred between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Chapman did not know how much money was in the wallet and could not provide a description of the wallet or the laptops.
Congressman Joe Donnelly expanded on the meaning of "pro-life" to include supporting post-birth care - such as health care, insurance and school lunch programs - in his address to the Notre Dame Law School Wednesday. Donnelly, the Democratic representative of Indiana's second district said despite people's impressions of the Democratic Party, the party is not inherently pro-choice.
Saint Mary's students have recently been unable to log-in or send and receive e-mails with Zimbra, the College's e-mail system, and also have noticed the system shutting down unexpectedly. "It's really inconvenient because I have a lot of professors who e-mail assignments in and it's really hard to get those when it's down a lot of the time," sophomore Michele Peterson said.