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the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 94 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2010 ndsmcobserver.com Panel: Perfectionism an issue at ND Schmidt, Event sponsored by the Gender Relations Center examines competition on campus Weber and Sondra Byrnes, a guided By EMILY SCHRANK meditation instructor who is News Writer also a professor in the Mendoza College of Business. prep for Competition and perfection- Lapsley focused on the psy- ism are prevalent issues at chological explanations of Notre Dame — often much perfectionism. term end more serious than they are “There is a basic theme that considered to be, three perfectionism is a disorder or experts said Monday evening. defect,” he said. “A perfec- The Gender Relations tionist seeks and strives for By SARAH MERVOSH Center presented “The unrealistic goals, evaluates Assistant News Editor Fighting Irish: Harder, Better, stringently and self-censors Faster, Stronger” as a part of against unattainable stan- With a month and a half left their Signature Series in the dards.” in office, student body presi- Carey Auditorium of the According to Lapsley, the dent Grant Schmidt and vice Hesburgh Library. The lec- three developmental accounts president Cynthia Weber out- ture featured Daniel Lapsley, of perfectionism share a com- lined what they wish to accom- chair of the Psychology mon thread: interactions with plish by the end of their tenure Department, Rita Donley, demanding, perfectionist par- SUZANNA PRATT/The Observer Monday. associate director of the Sondra Byrnes, a professor in the Mendoza College of Business, The Schmidt-Weber adminis- University Counseling Center see GRC/page 6 discusses perfectionism at Notre Dame Monday.
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