Student Government Changes Hands
the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 118 Wednesday, March 31, 2010 ndsmcobserver.com ‘Every day was special’ Student art Observer office manager Shirley Grauel retires after 30 years as a ‘second mother’ to many showcase By JENN METZ newspaper, she knew it was per- “I love interacting with every- cent the person she appears to fect. body every day. They stay the be: loving, committed, loyal, nur- Senior Staff Writer exhibited “And here I am now, 30 years same age, but I keep getting turing,” she said. “I am incredi- later, working in a basement of a older, but I never felt the gap,” bly proud that this mom to so In the summer of 1980, Shirley building,” she said on her sec- she said. “I respected the stu- many actually is my mom.” Grauel turned down a job work- ond-to-last day as The Observer dents, and it just worked out so Though 30 years in one posi- at the Snite ing in a basement. office manager. well.” tion might seem like an eternity A mother with young children, Known for her hugs, her candy Shirley’s time at The Observer to many, it didn’t feel that way to she called the University regard- bowl and her daily line-up of has not only shaped her own life, Shirley. By AMANDA GRAY ing an ad for an administrative daytime television, Shirley has but her family’s as well. Her “Every day was special,” she Assistant News Editor secretary position.
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