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the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 51 Thursday, November 11, 2009 ndsmcobserver.com Innovation Park a collaborative place for research New facility combines research, office and classroom space with entrepreneurship and networking opportunities sources, including federal, state for a place to house a business to By MADELINE BUCKLEY and local governments, the market the research. News Editor University and private donors, “The road to market in a lot of offers labs, offices and high tech- these things is a long road, but you Innovation Park has been pro- nology conference rooms to its ten- have to start somewhere,” he said. moted as a facility that will bring ants. Gregory Crawford, dean of the University research into the mar- Suckow is working on developing College of Science, said one of the ketplace as a profitable business tissue vaccines for cancer, more biggest advantages Innovation venture. specifically, an adjuvant, which he Park offers to professors and peo- But what does this mean for said is something that helps a vac- ple in business is the opportunity to Notre Dame students and faculty? cine work more effectively. network. For professor and director of the “We can reduce the incident of “It’s a physical place, a tangible Freimann Life Science Center prostate cancer by 90 percent in asset that brings people together Mark Suckow, Innovation Park is a rodents. We have also shown that that otherwise wouldn’t meet,” possible place to launch a business we can reduce the growth of ovari- Crawford said. “You can bump to market his development of can- an cancer by 70 percent,” he said elbows with investors and state cer vaccines. of the vaccine’s progress. “Both of officials. These types of connections Although Suckow has not com- these technologies hold significant were accidental before but now mitted to using Innovation Park, he commercial potential.” these collisions will be intentional.” is looking into the facility as a start- Along with a business partner, Suckow said this opportunity to SUZANNA PRATT/The Observer ing point to commercialize his vac- Suckow is continuing to develop The Innovation Park reception area is pictured. Innovation Park cines. The Park, funded by multiple the vaccine adjuvant while looking see PARK/page 4 offers spaces for research, meetings and networking. CSC adds Bangladesh Benches to be placed at Main Circle Alumni Hall. seems minor, Schmidt said, it is By LAURA McCRYSTAL “I think a lot of people always still important because stu- summer service program News Writer complained about there not dents frequently comment being a spot to sit down at about the lack of available seat- Students waiting for rides at Main Circle,” he said. “People ing and it was an issue that stu- Notre Dame’s Main Circle will continually say they want a dent government was able to soon have a place to sit, as two spot to sit, a place to relax, a address. new benches will be installed in convenient spot to wait.” “It’s pretty small but it’s the next few weeks. Schmidt wrote an e-mail to something tangible,” he said. University Architect Doug Marsh during the summer, “Sometimes the work that you Marsh said the benches will be inquiring about the possibility do people can’t actually see it installed in the northwest and of benches at Main Circle. taking shape.” northeast corners of the circle, At the time, Marsh told Schmidt said student govern- weather permitting, within a Schmidt he would look into the ment usually works on larger few weeks. project. Schmidt said he recent- projects, but is also able to Student body president Grant ly heard from Marsh that the address smaller issues on cam- Schmidt said he initiated the project would be completed. pus that can improve student project because he thought stu- The funding for the benches life. dents would benefit from seat- came from a specifically desig- “I just knew that I personally ing in the area. nated bench fund, Marsh said. was always frustrated with not Schmidt said Main Circle, a “[The two benches] will having a place to sit,” he said. popular meeting place on cam- match the other memorial “It was just one of those things Photo courtesy of Sean Pennino pus, does not currently offer benches located in nearby that needed to be there.” Notre Dame boxers pose with a group of local Bengalis during the seating. The nearest benches to areas such as the South Quad CSC’s first Banglandesh ISSLP last summer. main circle are set back against and the Law School,” he said. Contact Laura McCrystal at the Law School building and Even though this project [email protected] Cross missions of Bangladesh, it By KATIE PERALTA is amazing to consider that not Assistant News Editor one boxer had ever gone over,” she said. Notre Dame’s relationship Mark Weber, a 2009 graduate, Interest in job shadowing doubles with the Holy Cross Missions in former boxing club president Bangladesh has gained new and captain and producer of the momentum in the past year — film, approached Morgan in the By LAURA McCRYSTAL from last week’s premiere of the summer of 2008 to discuss the News Writer film “Strong Bodies Fight: creation of a possible link Rough Cut” to its new between the CSC’s ISSLP and The Notre Dame Job Shadow International Summer Service the Bengal Bouts, Morgan said. Program, offered through the Learning Program (ISSLP) in the “Mark asked us to be a part of Career Center, nearly doubled developing country. ‘taking Bengal Bouts to the next the number of applicants it The new ISSLP, offered phase’ and to provide the pro- received since last year, through the Center of Social grammatic infrastructure that according to career counselor Concerns (CSC), sent four stu- could allow it to succeed,” she Bridget Kibbe. dents to Bangladesh for the first said. “He felt the ISSLP was a The Job Shadow Program time just this past summer, good fit — our Center’s commit- allows students to observe a despite the fact that it shares a ment to the work of Holy Cross Notre Dame alum in a career long history with the Holy Cross and the academic service learn- field that interests them for Missions in the country, Rachel ing.” one day during Winter Break, Tomas Morgan, director of With an initial “pilot” trip to Kibbe said. The program, she International Service Learning Bangladesh in May with four said, was initiated last year. and Justice Education at the fellow boxers, Morgan said, “It gives [students] a little bit CSC said. Weber committed to the of a preview of what can be PHIL HUDELSON/The Observer “For as long as Bengal Bouts Sophomore Corinne Vittori sits at the Career Center. The Center is has been supporting the Holy see ISSLP/page 4 see SHADOW/page 4 offering a job shadowing program to undergraduate students. INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Student Senate page 3 N Interview with Boondock Saints creator page 10 N Baraka Bouts preview page 20 N Viewpoint page 8 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Thursday, November 12, 2009 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: IF YOU COULD TEXT JIMMY CLAUSEN, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Patriotic support I love America. I think it’s the greatest country in the world, and I would never want to live any- Billy Cowhey Marc Jiorle Rosabelle Conover Patrick Guibert Anna Gorman Alexa Doyle where else. As a result, I have the utmost respect for our troops sophomore junior junior freshman freshman junior and those who plan Keough Siegfried Badin Dillon Walsh Family Walsh to eventually serve in the military. I feel like I have to “Ignore the “Please stay.” “Run that “Those “You’re good at “LOL :-).” say this as a dis- haters and just touchdown play two-a-days football.” claimer because if keep doing again.” really paid off, your reaction to my what you’re next statement is Jimbo.” anywhere near as doing.” hostile as the one I Mike Gotimer got from those seat- ed around me at the Sports game on Saturday, Production you’re probably Editor going to be appalled Have an idea for Question of the Day? E-mail [email protected] by it. We’re too nice to Navy’s football team. I understand why we respect Navy, and I have no problem with it. Obviously, IN BRIEF almost all of their players who took the field on Saturday will be fighting for our “Dia de los Muertos (Day of country after graduation rather than play- the Dead) Ofrenda ing in the NFL or applying for jobs, and Installation” will be held at 10 we should respect that. a.m. today in the Scholz Historically, Notre Dame also owes a Family Works on Paper debt of gratitude to the Naval Academy for Gallery in the Snite Museum of helping us stay in business during World Art. War II when the Navy used Notre Dame as a training center and paid enough rent to Notre Dame Women’s Boxing help keep the school afloat during the war. Club will hold its first Baraka We honor them for this by playing them Bouts fights today at the Joyce every year in football. Center Fieldhouse at 6 p.m. Clearly, our two institutions share a spe- Tickets are $6 at the door. cial relationship, and Navy is probably the only team on our schedule that we can The Nanovic Institute for consider more of a friend than a foe. International Studies will spon- What’s lost in all of this is that despite sor the film “To Be or Not to the tremendous amount of respect that Be” today at 7 p.m.

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