The Unseen Notre Dame Spring 2003

Editor’s Note:Introduction: Unseen Notre Dame
Features
Web extra: Matt Cashore photos
L.A. Confidential
James Bacon was an eyewitness to Hollywood’s golden era and a confidant of the stars.
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My Notre Dame
For many African-American students, Notre Dame has been a good school to be from, not at. That may be changing as more African Americans have a stake in the place.
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Fading Colors
Straddling the line can be tough for a student who is biracial.
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A Wonder Full Life
To wonder at the mystery of existence is the first step toward swimming in the river of life, not just floating on it.
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Perspectives
The Gold Diggers, by Paul Higbee
Funny Things Happen on the Way to Growing Old, by John A. Lynch
Bonus copy: Reflections
More Than Zero, by Timothy J. Reid ’75
A Christmas Surprise, by Laura Merritt Bird ’96
Crossing of Destinies, by David S. Pollock
Tricycling through Vetville, by Susan Allman-Carlo
University News
Mystery of freshman’s disappearance ends grimly
Deaths in the Family
Seen and heard
Seen and Heard web extra
Weathering the Economy
Colleges and universities more expensive than ND
Hall portrait: Morrissey
Applications way up
NDs 14th Rhodes Scholar
Where are the other Scholars?
NDbay bypasses bookstore
NDTV on cable
Rockne: Great coach, not-so-great novelist
ND backs affirmative action in admissions
Catholicism not the only religion on campus
Online checkbacks: Is Law professor Jimmy Gurule still tracking the Al Qaeda money trail? Status of lawsuit about ND’s ACE program.
Illuminations
Seeking the first farmers
Heading off hemophilia
Spotlights: Mom and I buy only . . .
Web extra spotlights: parasitic computing; malaria mosquitos’ genes; Doomsday Clock
Wondering Out Loud: Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
Letters
From print issue
Web extra letters
Cafe du Lac
Ted Leo: Paying Dues, Paying Rent
Wham, bam! A Poetry Slam
Kevin Fleming ’94 and Glimpse
In Print
Books in brief
Picks of the week
Alumni Affairs
The Party for His People
Domers in the News
Domers in the News: web extra
Alumni briefs