Student Body President Lizzi Shappell and the Student Senate Gender Issues Committee have taken it upon themselves to organize a three-day conference to address eating disorders. The conference will take place in February on the Notre Dame campus.

"Junior Ashley Weiss, chair of the Gender Issue Committee said one of the conference's most important objectives is to create awareness among administrators and faculty members who seem reluctant to address an issue that affects so many students of both sexes."

One of the student organizers is currently in Washington D.C., meeting some of the participants of national eating disorders panel. The final speaker roster for the conference is still to be determined, but the organizers plan to include medical experts, psychologists, and authors.