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THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 43: ISSUE 59 MONDAY, NOVEMBER24, 2008 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Research center construction begins ND prof New Harper Hall cancer research facility to be a collaboration between Notre Dame, IUSM-SB featured in By MADELINE BUCKLEY and Notre Dame, he said. News Writer "Cancer touched the Harper family and took Josie, Mike's new play University President Father wife, but in response to that John Jenkins said the construc sadness, Mike and his family By ROBERT SINGER tion of Harper Hall, a center for responded with generosity and NewsWri£er cancer research for the Indiana vision," Jenkins said. School of Medicine - South Jenkins said the research A life of scholarship rarely Bend (IUSM-SB), will perpetu center is at the core of the translates into the drama of ate a "legacy of love" when he University's mission to educate the stage, except in the case spoke at the groundbreaking and serve. of Notre Dame professor and ceremony Friday. "This is an area we really leading Schubert scholar, The cancer research center is emphasize. LThe hall] is a place Susan Youens. made possible by a 10 million that not only passes on knowl New York playwright dollar gift from Mike Harper, a edge, but discovers knowledge actress Anna Deavere Smith South Bend native whose wife through research," he said. has written a portion of her Josie died of cancer in 1999, "Science at the service of latest play "Let Me Down Jenkins said. The state of humanity is what Harper Hall Easy" about Youens. is about." Indiana then matched the 10 Photo Courtesy of NEWS and INFORMATION According to Youens, Smith million dollars, making Harper An artist's rendering shows the future Harper Hall south of selected her for her work on Hall a joint effort of IUSM-SB see HARPER/ page 4 Notre Dame's campus. Officials broke ground Friday at the site. the 19th century Austrian composer Franz Schubert. "I regard it as a testament to Schubert more than to me," she said. "She contact Students lamen~ unexpected Syracuse loss ed me because my misl"ion in life is to convert as many people as I can to a greater Seniors mourn cold, disappointing last game in Notre Dame Stadium to 2-8 Orange love and understanding of Schubert's music." abnormal. Many seniors were In a life cut short by death By NORA KEN~TEY seen crying at the game or at age 31, Schubert com News Writer expressing anger. posed almost 1,000 works, Senior Andrew Balsley, said including many later works The atmosphere on campus the game "was definitely a poor in which he contemplated since Saturday's game has showing. Everyone was pretty human mortality - the same been a grim reflection of the angry that we lost to such an idea that Smith wanted to disappointments endured by awful team. There was a lot of explore in her play. fans and players this weekend swearing and people being Smith is famou's for her in Notre Dame Stadium. For mad at Weis for having such an unconventional approach to seniors, this last home game awful game. We at least got to theater. The only cast mem was especially saddening. enjoy half-time and the marsh ber in the play, in scene after Senior Allison Lang was emo mallows and that tradition for scene, she portrays the lives tional about watching the game seniors. It got worse and worse of many real people who all from the student section for the as the game went on and we have some connection to an last time. couldn't close it out." over-arching theme of "I personally didn't care Marshmallows were not the human frailty. In a montage about the score at the end of only white objects thrown of worldviews and life stories the game. It was just the fact throughout the game. based on interviews with her DAN JACOBSfThe Observer that it was the first big 'last,"' Students caught throwing subjects, Smith explores this Seniors participated in the annual marshmallow fight during she said. halftime of Saturday's game against Syracuse. Lang's emotions were not see GAME/ page 3 see PLAY/page 4 Seniors to choose 'Legacy' gift Study abroad at SMC Students can vote online; gift to Eco-Fund, CSC among three options reflects national trends ing on the three options for 30 - among those three By AARON STEINER the class gift, known this choices: creation of the dents at Saint Mary's. New~ Writer year as the Senior Legacy. Unpaid Internship Fund, a By LIZ HARTER The College has more than 20 Joe Gagnon, a senior and co gift to the Eco-Fund and Saint Mary's Ediwr different study abroad opportu The senior class has an chair of the Student planting one tree, or a gift to nities in locations in Africa, opportunity to leave a legacy l)evelopment Committee, the esc for community The Institute of International South America, Europe, Haiti, that goes beyond their sto said that the committee had based projects. Education recently released the South Korea and China. With ries, achievements and a few ideas of their own, and "Two of the gifts arc 2008 Open Doors annual report the number of sites more than memories. The Senior hear suggestions from oth expanding on things that with support from the U.S. doubling in the past five years, Legacy gift will leave a last ers. already exist," Gagnon said. Department of State's Bureau according to a press release. ing impact on the University "[The committee] voted The Eco-Fund was created of Educational and Cultural There are also seven interna by aiding students in unpaid among the ideas. and select by a gift from the Class of Affairs. The report shows an tional students enrolled at internships, strengthening ed the top three," Gagnon 2008, he said. The fund eight percent jump in the num Saint Mary's from the countries community relations through said. The committee is com helps to pay for sustainabili ber of U.S. students studying of China, Myanmar, Vietnam, a gift to the Center for Social prised of about 30 under ty initiatives on e~mpus. The abroad and a seven percent Iraq and Guatemala. Concerns, or growing the graduate students, mostly donation would double the increase in the number of College President Carol Ann size of an Eco-Fund to help students. size of the fund. international students studying Mooney said internationaliza- sustainability initiatives. Now, the senior class can at U.S. colleges and universi Seniors arc currently vot- vote online - until November see GIFT/page 3 ties, a trend reflected by stu- see ABROAD/page 3 .... ------------------------------------------------------------~~-- ~-~ ~--- ~ page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Monday, November 24, 2008 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: IF YOU COULD REDO ANY OF THIS SEASON'S FOOTBALL GAMES, WHICH ONE? Living under the dome The Golden Dome has never been this collegiate Mecca located half-way Francys Verdial Pat Voll across the world from me. In fact, it's Caroline Dau Alyssa Pinon Conor Bindner about a five minute drive from home. I'm a "townie," and I happen to be very senior senior junior junior senior proud of it. off-campus Pasquerilla East Holy Cross Hall Sorin off-campus Notre Dame has always been in my backyard, so the nYesterday ·s .. Yesterday's ''The Pitt game ..Syracuse, ..Dallas saying goes. I grew Amanda Gray up tailgating near game- but game- but -four because it Cowboys- I only the overtimes too might be Weis's felt like we had campus and wear- only the ,, ing Notre Dame tailgating and marshmallow many. last home that one.·· Cheerleader outfits News Writer ,, on Halloween. snow part.·· fight. not the game. There were always negative degree houses that would give kids extra candy weather or the for some Notre Dame pride. This vintage Notre Dame poster has snowball fight. ,, hung in my living room for as long as I can remember, and even considering going to a state school (i.e. Purdue) was considered treason. Most people here are very proud to live so near to this IN BRIEF landmark of college education that peo ple honestly do travel half-way around A seminar entitled the world to attend. ''Americans in the Treasure I never saw it with its golden halo. House: Travel to Mexico in the I completely abuse the fact that Notre U.S. Popular Imagination, Dame is so near to home. I'm pretty 1876-1920" will be given by close to my family, so it's nice to make Jason Ruiz. assistant professor it home to dinner when I can, or at least in the Department of American get off campus for a few hours when the Studies. The event will be held in Notre Dame bubble gets to me. room 208 McKenna Hall today That's the thing- being here feels at 4 p.m. It is sponsored by the like I could be 400 miles away from Institute for Latino Studies' home, not just four. Interdisciplinary Faculty The Notre Dame bubble is an impene Seminar Series. trable force that keeps the surrounding areas like Mishawaka, my dear horne Zhigang Suo, professor of town, and South Bend from entering. engineering and applied sciences Sometimes this can be a good thing, at Harvard University, will pres because people didn't come to Notre ent a seminar on the thermody Dame to experience the northern namics of large deformation in Indiana lifestyle. They come for an edu soft active materials on Tuesday cation, maybe some football, but defi at 3:30 p.m.