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Message: [QUOTE="billybud, post: 1484794, member: 3850"] [B]Notre Dame to Install Lutheran As President Tomorrow[/B] Hans Andersen South Bend In a break with one of Notre Dame's most fundamental traditions, the Irish will install a non clerical, non Catholic as head of the University. A spokesman for the school stated that "with the changing world around us, we at Notre Dame wish to become more relevant to that changing environment. Since 70% of America's Lutheran's live in the midwest, and we are beginning to see ourselves as a midwest university, this move should signal our intentions to be a strong regional draw to those of any faith." There are some traditionalists who oppose this historic appointment. Terrance Donovan, President of the Shamrock Club, said "We have already made concessions. The official founding name of the University is Notre Dame du Lac. We drop the french appellation in order to be more appealing to our donors and students. We must halt this current appeasement or it could lead to the loss of our university's unique standing. Next thing you know, our great institution could join a conference for football or, God forbid, replace Touchdown Jesus with an image less aggressively religious, like Indiana's Orville Redenbacher. There is already talk that a leprechaun is too Irish, too Catholic, and should be replaced with a fuzzy mascot that a majority can relate too. This is a call to arms". [/QUOTE]