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honesty cases. “Students have made in the it clear that decisions to cheat are First true test for new often made when they feel they don’t have enough time to do their own works work honestly,” he says. “Sometimes the students probably are just too students teaches how busy to get everything done. Often, of course, they’ve simply put things off, are starting to write a paper the night before it’s due, and succumb to not to cheat the temptation to cut-and-paste from the Internet.” By Gail Hinchion Mancini The tutorial’s transition to an online Good moral judgment alone is exercise was the work of Chris Clark probably not enough to help a student Is it cheating to find homework answers online, or in the of the Kaneb Center for Teaching and succeed on the tutorial; they need to Learning. have read the code. That’s deliberate, Webcams back of a textbook, and make corrections before handing in the Flint says. “We do want our new broadcast virtual assignment? The new Web-based program students to be thinking about the takes freshmen, transfer and returning importance of academic integrity in hellos What if a student turns in a science experiment or a term paper that he or students through a series of case she did for another class? Is it cheating to recycle old work? general, but we also want them to ...page 3 studies in four areas where honesty be familiar with how those general When is it okay to issues frequently arise: acceptable principles are applied here at Notre use information from the collaboration with other students, Dame.” Internet? Or from your falsifying data, test taking, and roommate, for that matter? plagiarism. Throughout the summer, Two incoming freshmen who incoming students quickly took to the succeeded on their first try and who Incoming challenge, with 85 percent succeeding carefully read the student guide to undergraduates have been on their first attempt. the honor code before completing the pondering such questions exercise say it opened their eyes to this summer as part of The case studies are fictional the honesty issue. an electronic tutorial but reflect classic honesty dilemmas, that exposes them to the if not a flair for plot and character “It really made me think about University’s recently revised development. They feature such the different areas of cheating and We’re wired for how things that we don’t normally better cell phone Academic Code of Honor. instructors as Prof. Chirac, a French Students must successfully teacher; the “legendary” anthropology consider to be cheating really are,” coverage complete the multiple- teacher Michigan Smith; a forestry says Laura Verwilst of South Bend. ...page 3 choice tutorial before they instructor named Pine and an ROTC “I used to think of cheating as simply can sign the University’s instructor (teaching Aerial Warfare) looking off someone else’s test or honor code pledge, a named Prof. Weis. (A key requirement having a cheat sheet.” precursor to enrolling. of the honor code is that students Cory Hayes Hakanen, an reveal when they have worked with “We needed to do incoming freshman from Granger, others. Thus, Flint credits committee says the case studies helped something more to make colleagues with some of the punchier students familiar with illuminate the language of the honor content. Dottie Pratt conceived code. the honor code,” says Michigan Smith and Sam Gaglio’s Thomas Flint, a philosophy subcommittee invented the forester “The Honor Code pledge was professor and Faculty Prof. Pine.) more involved than I initially thought Honor Code officer. Along it to be; academic dishonesty and with Associate Provost Sometimes the fictional students academic know-how is a fine line, A little song in the case studies face a situation …a little dance Dennis Jacobs, he directed and I am glad that the ‘test’ cleared Incoming undergraduates are intimately aware the creation of the tutorial that is complexly nuanced. Often, up some issues that I may not have ...pages 4-5 of the University’s Academic Code of Honor, with assistance from several however, they just didn’t leave enough understood otherwise.” having taking an online tutorial created by faculty and student members time to complete their work. Thomas Flint, professor of philosophy, above, of last year’s University and several colleagues. ND Works photo Time, says Flint, is a big factor in Continued on page 2 Code of Honor Committee.

Notre Dame’s The skinny on Latino obesity annual Latino Research Workshops complements affiliations the ILS has with the Get movin’ educated about why they got fat, why By Shannon Chapla it’s not good and what they need to IUPLR (Inter-University Program …Special RecSports do about it.” for Latino Research) and the U.S. When Rodolfo Valdez moved to the United States from Census Bureau. insert Venezuela 21 years ago, he lost weight because he couldn’t In Chicago, where the ILS conducts much of its research on the “With all five workshops the speak English and couldn’t order food. Then, as he became more objectives have been to develop the comfortable with the American lifestyle (obviously a little too city’s exploding Latino population, Puerto Rican native Aida Giachello is capacity to effectively use available comfortable, he concedes), he packed on 20 pounds. He has since founder and director of the Midwest data from the Census Bureau and figured out where he went wrong, has regained his trim physique, Latino Health Research, Training, other sources to conduct research on and, as an epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and and Policy Center at the University Latinos,” says Timothy Ready, ILS of Illinois at Chicago. She also works research director. “This year, with Prevention (CDC), is trying to stop the increasing problem of support from the U.S. Department Latino obesity. with the center’s diabetes community action coalition. of Health and Human Services’ Weight gain eventually affects many Latino immigrants who, for the Office of Minority Health, we’re most part, eat healthier and get more exercise before coming to the U.S. than “The coalition promotes healthy working to help alleviate the problem They took the bus, after. The problem, which can lead to chronic illnesses like diabetes and heart eating and diabetes education through through culturally-informed and well- disease, is being studied by Valdez and other public health practitioners and classes, health fairs, media campaigns researched interventions to affect too and newsletters,” she explains. eating patterns and physical activity, ...page 6 faculty from around the country. Experts visited Notre Dame last month to participate in an Institute for Latino Studies (ILS) workshop titled “Latino “We also work with restaurants and ultimately improving the fitness and Obesity: Using Research for Understanding and Action” in an effort to address grocery stores to make sure they offer health of Latinos and reversing the the social, cultural and economic factors associated with obesity among Latinos. healthier options for their customers.” trend toward obesity and its many related health problems.” According to the CDC, overweight and obesity in the U.S. occur at higher The job is fraught with rates in racial and ethnic minority populations, and those of low socioeconomic frustrations for Giachello and her As some of the country’s status within those groups are most vulnerable to obesity. Its related diseases, colleagues. leading epidemiologists consider the information generated through the including diabetes, hypertension, cancer and heart disease, also are found in “Many people are in denial workshop, they’re drafting research higher rates among minorities. about having diabetes, believing it’s and grant proposals to influence a temporary condition or that they Valdez, along with experts from the Pan American Health Organization, policy work and program planning. various community-based health groups and colleges and universities, discussed only have ‘a touch’ of it,” she says. “Also, losing weight isn’t easy and At Notre Dame, new He knows why your the epidemiology of obesity across the U.S. and within Latino communities and collaborated on research methods, data sources and intervention models. He it’s difficult to teach people to change opportunities are emerging as well. neck aches says much of the problem can be blamed on a “health transition.” their lifestyles. Those who do want to ...page 7 eat more fruits and vegetables can’t “We are becoming more involved “First-generation Latinos just arriving in the U.S. are not typically obese,” afford them, and many who need help in addressing the health needs of Valdez says. “Actually, they are leaner than people who have been living here are illiterate, forcing the coalition to Latino communities,” Ready says. for some time because they eat healthier and get more exercise, but as they provide time-consuming one-on-one “We are expanding the ways in stay here longer they adopt the customs here, perhaps buying their first car, counseling. Also, there’s a constant which the University is responsive watching television and playing video games, and they start gaining weight. lack of funding.” to the needs and interests of diverse Third-generation Latinos begin to become healthier because they become more communities.”

ndworks8.17.06.indd 1 8/15/06 3:21:11 PM PROFILE TECHNOLOGY UPDATES Russo provides new export to Britain: “Hello, out there!” Advice on offering Campus Webcams offer surprising financial aid ways to keep in touch

By Gail Hinchion Mancini for financing higher education By Julie Hail Flory get a bird’s-eye view from each of 10 campus is on the cusp of change. Webcams, which update every two minutes. The names of the British universities Oxford and Cambridge Historically, fewer than 40 It used to be if you wanted to “reach out and touch someone,” Visitors to the Webcam site most frequently check the views from the Dome and Basilica; the North, mean academic excellence even to Americans. And supported as percent of Britain’s secondary you used the telephone, e-mail, or even (gasp!) snail mail. Today, schools graduates continue onto South and DeBartolo Quads follow in popularity. they and other British universities are by the national government, there’s another way to make contact from campus, courtesy of a college. But the lucky minority Enterprising students have found other ways to British college tuition does not present the challenge to family who does enroll has faced collection of cameras that broadcast images on the World Wide Web. They’ve got a loyal following in cyberspace, where people use the Webcams for practical and entertainment finances that U.S. tuitions do. relatively small tuitions—the purposes. The cameras trained on the Engineering equivalent of a little more than check regularly for campus views, keep an eye on loved ones, or Learning Center and Coleman Morse and Just home from a summer appointment to the Oxford University faculty, $2,000 annually. Joe Russo, director of student financial strategies, has returned with a key catch a glimpse of the weather. DeBartolo Computer Labs, for example, are useful in determining whether a computer is available belief reaffirmed: The broad opportunity to attend college in the U.S. is a In 2004, the British “A lot of people use them for weather if they’re stuck in a basement office before trudging across campus to print out a paper. significant national asset. Parliament passed new or an office that doesn’t have a window,” says Wes Evard, the photographic/ legislation intended to make multimedia specialist who manages the Webcams for the Office of Information A resourceful few have figured out that “The U.S. can offer a chance for further education beyond high school higher education accessibile to virtually for anyone who wants to pursue it,” he says. “They can do it, and do Technologies. Webcam coverage ends on Friday afternoons by more students. To underwrite Joe Russo, left, director of student financial strategies, meets with David Palfreyman, capturing a final frame and leaving it in place over it with support if they need it.” Beyond knowing whether or not to pack an umbrella, the cameras have the cost of that expansion, director of the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies at New College, Oxford the weekend. On one instance, the freeze-frame University in England. Russo served as one of the center’s fellows, advising on how also become popular as a way to keep in touch with off-campus friends and “The variety of opportunities is another major strength: Two-year, four- tuitions would increase. image captured students in a mock martial arts England might adopt an American-styled financial aid system. Photo provided. family “Godspeed, Capt. Jeff DeBerry and all military deployed. Go Irish!” year, public, private, big, small, urban, suburban, religiously affiliated,” he Students entering their first action pose. says, ticking off the options. “We are recognized around the world as the best.” year this fall will pay nearly read a sign held up to the Webcam in the Engineering Learning Center. the equivalent of about $6,000 Also popular with alumni who Above: Wes Evard children entering college: How to His advice on forming a new Evard recalls one student from England who would stand in one particular manages the The United Kingdom itself has recognized the importance of improving annually. enjoy the occasional walk down define need, to identify those who British system: “Make it simple. spot and wave to her “Mum” back home everyday. E-mails from parents University’s 10 accessibility to higher education and is phasing in new approaches toward that memory lane, the cameras provide a need support, how much support to Make it predictable and make it confirm the value of just a quick peek of campus, with or without a student Webcams. Photo by end. Russo served this summer as a fellow in the Centre for Higher Education That’s still a bargain, by U.S. view that many on campus may take provide, where to find the money and encouraging. We know it can be too in the frame: “It makes me feel a little closer to my daughter to be able to see Julie Flory. Policy Studies (OxCHEPS), part of New College at Oxford University. terms, Russo points out. But it’s a for granted. Fans would like more whether it should be in the form of complex.” the campus live,” writes one mother of a freshman. “It is comforting to see the The Centre’s work includes developing reports that can be of assistance to jump likely to price some families views, including one that shoots Left: A student in the scholarships or loans. Quad when I am missing my son,” says another. university leaders and national policymakers. out of the opportunity and has already During this three-week straight into . Engineering Learning created considerable angst among As an OxCHEPS fellow, Russo fellowship, Russo lived at New Jeffrey Miller, manager of videoconferencing resources in OIT and himself Center says hello to a Russo was called to Oxford because of his vast knowledge and experience many “middle income” families in the So far, the stadium is not composed a report that examines College—established in 1379, and the father of a new college freshman, understands the benefit to parents of friend in the military. with the American financial aid system and American federal financial aid United Kingdom. included in Webcam coverage due Photo provided. the history of U.S. financial genuinely medieval. His dining catching a regular glimpse of their child. “Just to be able to see her and know policy. He is considered one of the elder statesmen of American financial aid, to concerns over broadcast rights. aid, the policy issues from both companions hailed from all academic she’s okay. I can talk to her anytime, but it’s good to actually see her,” he having served 28 years at Notre Dame and the financial aid profession for more While individual British Likely, also, the football team might the government and institution disciplines and addressed him as explains. than 41 years. He also has written books on the subject including his recent, universities have “modest” programs not want a global audience watching for needy students, the government perspective, and some pitfalls in the Professor Russo. The experience, “How to Save for College.” Images from the cameras are available via the “Visitors” link on the their practices. is addressing a myriad of questions U.S. system that the British might be he says, “Was professionally University’s main Web page (www.nd.edu) by clicking on “Dome Cam” in the The British were seeking a little Yankee ingenuity because their system familiar to any American family with wise to avoid. invigorating.” box marked “Virtual Campus” in the lower left-hand corner. There, viewers Sneak preview of Jordan Hall Juniper Road closing All faculty and staff are invited to an open house of the new Maybe you can hear Jordan Hall of Science from noon to 2 p.m. Friday. The open house is one of the last to take place before students calls for adjustments, return to campus. Classes begin next week. me now Various labs and classrooms will be open and members of the driver caution College of Science faculty will be on hand to answer questions. By Gail Hinchion Mancini will improve service for all campus Faculty, students and staff cell phone users who use participating depending on where the greatest students can access from their cell By ND Works staff writer approaching campus from Eddy Improved cell phone service across campus, including in Notre cell phone providers. Cingular and number of cell phone users will be. phones. An opt-in plan for those Street still can take a short piece of Verizon, the nation’s two largest Have you recently discovered that the University has a very Dame Stadium, is a happy byproduct of a yearlong project to On home football game Saturdays, without cell phones was created; Juniper up to the south edge of the cellular providers, will be the first to upgrade telecommunications in the residence halls. that’s expected to be in Notre Dame fewer than four dozen students useful road on the east side of campus named Wilson Drive? Have stadium and the Joyce Center, which offer service over the system. Ellis Stadium, an area where cell phone have requested it. Wiring projects you figured out the new route to the circle? is helpful for those who park in the The University is introducing cable television service to all residence hall says the University is in talks with service has been decidedly poor. were planned so they would cause a Mendoza/Legends parking lot. But rooms. And because so many students talk and exchange text messages through other cell carriers as well. These are some of the discoveries staff and faculty have made as the minimum of disruption to residence those continuing north of the Joyce their personal cell phones, in-room local telephone service—and a mandatory Cingular and Verizon have Improved cell phone service University incrementally closed pieces of Juniper Road earlier this month, and residence hall telephone fee—is being discontinued in favor of an opt-in hall life. opened a few fresh new routes. have to turn onto Leahy, where they stationed four portable transmitters was a primary requirement when the must negotiate a few speed bumps system. and antennas in different areas of University decided to allow students Almost everyone from Ellis’ Besides affecting individual drivers, the changes have meant slightly longer behind the Joyce and watch carefully As a reminder of what a difference a summer can make, Notre Dame Security/ Although the switch sounds simple, the change constitutes one of the most campus to ensure strong cellular to rely on their personal phones, division, and several from OIT, were rides on the administrative shuttle and Transpo bus services, says Dan Skendzel, for student-athletes around Rolfs Police intermittently stopped traffic on Juniper Road in May so that biological complex telecommunications overhauls in the 20 years Steve Ellis has been on signals for campus customers and says Ellis. In the course of this involved. While Jerry Wray, Ric director of administrative services in business operations. (See related shuttle and the Gug before getting to their specimens could be moved into the new Jordan Hall. Here, students carefully the job. Now director of Integrated Communications Services (ICS), Ellis notes visitors while the distributed system transformation from in-room phones Mauch and Jeff Freymuth supervised story on page 6.) designated parking areas. They may transport the skeleton of an alligator. Earlier this month, this portion of Juniper that the project is both complex and cutting-edge, and will introduce a new cell heads toward completion. It should all to in-room cable television, residence the installation of cable and wireless find it easier, quicker and more Road was closed to traffic. Photo by Carol C. Bradley. hall students will also gain improved services in the residence halls, Al For those who have not adjusted to the new routes, Jeff Korros has a phone antenna technology rarely used on college campuses. be in place by October, Ellis says. satisfying to turn onto Edison then high-speed Internet for their desktops Cramer, Larry Gay and Steve Todman prescription for negotiating the east side of campus, where a majority of faculty, A distributed network system of 16 small antennas—18 inches to two feet A distributed system can north on Twyckenham Parkway and A new extension of the roadway more bicyclists and walkers. and laptops, as well as wireless rebuilt data communication racks staff and graduate students park. • tall—is being located discreetly throughout campus, Ellis says. These antennas redirect the focus of service approach campus from Bulla Road, in front of , called access. and switching hardware in a third of First, says Korros, captain of parking services for Notre Dame Security/ Korros says. And how do you get to the the residence halls and installed the Stepan Drive, carries traffic to Wilson Describing the technological Police, take it slow. “Everyone needs to drive cautiously. Everyone’s in the Hesburgh Library circle? Leahy 500 wireless access points. The voice Drive. This new piece of Stepan Drive scope of the project, Ellis counts the same situation, looking around at a different view of the roads.” Other changes worth Drive runs north-south along the services and networking staff made also improves access to the U.S. Post east side of the Joyce Center up installation of more than 3,700 cable reviewing: Office from Wilson Drive. sure voice and data communications Second, he adds, consider the possibility that the changes are simple. “It’s to ECDC, the child care center. A television connections, 330 miles continued. Then, Mike Fitzpatrick not as hard as it first appears,” Korros says. “For those who want to travel in • If you want to go to Clay Twp. new connector runs west toward the of data/voice cable, more than 150 and Dave Brant installed almost 200 the interior part of campus, we just moved traffic one block east, from Juniper • Douglas Road is still the main miles of coaxial cable for cable TV, artery to Granger, or even to Martin’s or Roseland you can take St. Joseph library from Leahy along the north hallway phones and refurbished the to Wilson and Leahy Drives.” The new traffic pattern provides easy access to Drive to a new extension of Juniper side of Pasquerilla Center (ROTC, and some 500 wireless access points. traditional telephone lines. Library Lot and the back of the Joyce areas, he adds. on State Road 23. St. Joseph Drive, Bob Guthrie, an OIT project manager near the fire station and power plant, Road that runs past Notre Dame so Security calls it ROTC Drive). Federal Credit Union. That road connects you to a piece for strategic initiatives who worked For some, like Tom Marentette, Hundreds of faculty, staff, students and visitors who park on the east side of is a quick route from the interior with Ellis on the project, likened the project has meant new campus are becoming familiar with the north-south Leahy/Wilson thoroughfare campus to Douglas. But you can also of Juniper that swings you into the • Those who live east of library circle. its complexity to that of an aircraft responsibilities. He is the manager and its attending new three-way-stop sign intersections. Leahy begins at the get to Douglas on the new north- downtown South Bend, or who live carrier. “It was just huge,” he says. of video services—our very own Joyce Center and, heading north, ends at Bulla Road. Wilson begins at Bulla south extension of Wilson Drive that on the southeast side of South Bend, Cable Guy. With cable in every Road and provides a freshly-paved extension to Douglas Road. intersects at Douglas near Warren Golf eventually will be able to take the Technology aside, planning residence hall, ICS will now provide Course. (This route is for eastbound Continued from page 1 and executing such a project The three-way intersection where Leahy, Bulla and Wilson converge is new section of Twyckenham Drive Honor code customer service and troubleshooting traffic only; turning left there onto south into the City of South Bend. involves human elements, and to determine what problems can be especially worrisome to Korros because drivers heading west on Bulla are not Douglas is not safe and not allowed.) relationship-building and customer But constructing the Twyckenham/ The online tutorial is the second solved in-house and which require a accustomed to pausing there and may not adjust to the sign right away. service constituted a big part of South Bend Avenue intersection phase of an effort by honor code visit from Comcast. the effort, Ellis explains. OIT is the responsibility of the Indiana committee members to emphasize the and ICS specialists, rectors, and And what became of those ND Works is published for the faculty Department of Transportation and importance of academic honesty amid Feb. 6, Feb. 20, March 6, March 29, representatives of student affairs and old residence hall telephones? and staff of the April 12, April 26, May 10, May 25 and will be part of the widening and national reports of rising incidents through the Office of Public Affairs and June 20. reconstruction of South Bend Avenue the registrar’s office collaborated on Housekeeping staff members removed Communication. ND Works is produced EDITOR IN CHIEF of cheating, both at the college level semimonthly during the fall and spring the plan. them from the halls at the end of the Gail Hinchion Mancini anticipated to be done in the next few and in high school. The first phase semesters when classes are in session and year. Many were offered for sale at once during summer session. Information for ASSOCIATE EDITOR years, says Doug Marsh, University consisted of a set of guidelines With student safety always a Old2Gold. Those that remain may ND Works should be submitted to Carol C. Bradley Architect. unveiled by the provost’s office concern, planners decided to install [email protected] or by calling 631-4314. LAYOUT EDITOR eventually find themselves sold at To recommend content for ND Works, please Wai Mun LIew-Spilger last fall that more clearly described house phones, or hallway phones, contact the editors at least 10 days prior to • New bicycle paths and next year’s event or sent to areas COPY EDITOR honor code violations, along with a the following 2006-7 publication dates: pedestrian walkways have been added. on every residence hall floor. Some victimized by natural disasters such as July 20, Aug. 17, Aug. 31, Sept. 18, Oct. 9, Becky Wiese new violation-reporting option that 12,000 voice mailboxes have been Oct. 26, Nov. 9, Nov. 30, Dec. 14, Jan. 16, Drivers need to be more cautious than Alan Cramer, from left, Jeff Freymuth and Larry Gay upgrade equipment in Pasquerilla East that will provide Hurricane Katrina. ever as they adjust to the presence of simplified the process of identifying residents there with cable television and improved high-speed and wireless Internet service. Photo by Carol C. activated so the University can and addressing dishonesty. Bradley provide general messages that Page 2 Page 3

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Actors From The 30 touring artists slated for London Stage to performing arts center venues perform ‘Hamlet’ By Julie Hail Flory The Department of Film, Television and Theatre (FTT) will open its 2006-07 theater season with “Hamlet,” William Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer Hungarian State Folk Ensemble Shakespeare’s timeless tale of treachery, madness and murder, performed by international touring troupe Actors From The citizens, $15/students. London Stage. Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13: The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble from Sept. 13 to 15 (Tuesday through Friday) in Washington performs a rich, colorful program of traditional Hungarian and Gypsy folk Hall. dances; $30 faculty/staff/senior citizens, $15/students. The season will continue with “Big Love,” a modern remake of 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15: An evening of Mozart, Shostakovich, and Aeschylus’ “The Suppliant Women,” by Charles L. Mee. Performances will be held Nov. 7 to 12 (Wednesday through Sunday) and 14 to 17 Paul Taylor Dance Company Schubert with New York’s famous Juilliard String Quartet; $30 faculty/staff/ senior citizens, $15/students. (Tuesday through Friday) in the Philbin Studio Theatre of Notre Dame’s Marie P. DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts. Performances begin at By Laura Moran 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23: The Perlman/Schmidt/Bailey Piano Trio 7:30 p.m., with the exception of the Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. performs an exquisite evening of chamber music; $25 faculty/staff/senior 12. citizens, $15/students. It’s not too early to purchase tickets for virtuoso violinist Itzhak The remaining plays in the FTT season include “The Mousetrap” by Perlman, who will perform on Wednesday, Oct. 25 in the Leighton Jennifer Weber’s all-female hip-hop/ballet troupe will present two Agatha Christie, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 to March 4 (Tuesday to Sunday) in Concert Hall of the Marie P. DeBartolo Center for the Performing performances of Decadence vs. The Firebird, a new take on Stravinsky’s the Decio Mainstage Theatre. The play will be directed by FTT assistant 1910 ballet, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 and Wednesday, March 7; professor Jay Skelton. Arts. $25 faculty/staff/senior citizens, $15/students. For that matter, it’s not too early to ante up for the London Philharmonic The London Philharmonic Orchestra Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s “The Threepenny Opera,” adapted 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8: Dancing, fiddling powerhouse and directed by FTT professor Anton Juan, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. (Dec.2), the Juilliard String Quartet (Feb. 15), the Vienna Choir Boys (Nov. 26), Natalie MacMaster returns to DPAC with her own distinctive Cape the Capitol Steps (Oct. 20) or Ravi Shankar (April 12). April 17 to 21 (Tuesday to Saturday) and Sunday, April 22 at 2:30 p.m., in The DeBartolo Performing Arts Breton Celtic sound; $35 faculty/staff/senior citizens, $15/students. the Decio Mainstage Theatre. Center continues its commitment to All are among the 30 touring artists who are scheduled to appear during 8 p.m. Friday, March 23: The SFJAZZ Collective, a showcasing legends of modern dance More information about performances is available on the Web the 2006-07 season, and already those performances are shaping up as the “Who’s Who” of jazz all-stars, plays original compositions and with two performances by the Paul at http://www.nd.edu/~ftt. Ticket information is available at the hot tickets of the year. Whereas the performing arts center once made tickets interpretations of the works of legends; $30 faculty/staff/senior Taylor Dance Company, at 7:30 p.m. performing arts center box office or by calling 631-2800 or visiting available shortly before each performance, tickets now can be purchased today citizens, $15/students. for all planned events. Wednesday, Oct. 4 and Thursday, http://performingarts.nd.edu. Oct. 5; $40 faculty/staff/senior 8 p.m. Friday, March 30: Grammy-nominated Tiempo Libre This year’s season focuses on three genres of music—classical, world, citizens, $15 students. plays a mix of high-voltage Latin jazz and seductive rhythms; $25 and jazz—but also includes modern dance, bluegrass, and popular music. The faculty/staff/senior citizens, $15/students. season opens with two performances by singer/songwriter Jen Chapin on Sept. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10: 1 and will conclude with modern dance from the Parsons Dance Company April The Bayanihan Philippine National 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12: Legendary sitar player and Carnegie Hall ‘Rising 26-27. Events planned are: Dance Company celebrates the composer Ravi diverse dance traditions of the Shankar in concert Stars’ launch 2006 In two shows, at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1: Singer/songwriter Philippines; $30 faculty/staff/senior with his daughter Jen Chapin brings her special jazz- and funk-inspired brand of “urban folk” to citizens, $15 students. Anoushka; $45 faculty/ the intimate setting of the Regis Philbin Studio Theatre; $15 faculty/staff/senior staff/senior citizens, concert season 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20: Itzhak Perlman citizens, $10/students. The Capitol Steps $15/students. Irreverent comedy troupe The Capitol 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8: Composer and violinist Daniel Bernard Steps lampoons the usual suspects in The Parsons Three young musicians • Notre Dame Glee Club, 8 p.m. Roumain and his nine-piece band DBR and The Mission blend funk, rock, Washington, D.C., with skits and songs; $30 faculty/staff/senior citizens, $15 Guadalupe; $20 faculty/staff/ Dance Company, selected for Carnegie Hall’s Saturday, Nov. 4 hip-hop, and classical music into a new urban form; $30 faculty/staff/senior students. senior citizens, $15 students. which focuses on Distinctive Debut series of Notre Dame Concert Bands, citizens, $15/students. making modern • 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25: Reigning violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19: Tap Rising Stars will perform Sunday, Nov. 12 (time to be Savion Glover dance accessible to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15: “Bard of Armagh” Tommy Makem returns, comes to DeBartolo’s Leighton Concert Hall for a special performance with artist and choreographer Savion Glover determine) the widest audience together Wednesday, Sept. 6 sharing the stage with local ensemble Kennedy’s Kitchen for an all-Irish piano accompaniment; $50 faculty/staff/senior citizens, $15/students. brings his exuberant style of dance to the musical extravaganza; $25 faculty/staff/senior citizens, $15/students. Leighton Concert Hall; $40 faculty/staff/ possible, will present as the Department of Music • Notre Dame Chamber Players, 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29: Croatian pianist Ivo Pogorelich brings his 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1: The senior citizens, $20/students. two performances at launches its fall concert 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4: Puerto Rico’s legendary El Gran Combo distinctive style—described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “refreshing Royal Drummers of Burundi present 8 p.m. Thursday, series. Notre Dame Chorale and brings the spice of salsa to the Leighton Concert Hall; $30 faculty/staff/senior and maddening”—to DPAC’s Leighton Concert Hall; $30 faculty/staff/senior an evening of the rhythms that define the 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 26: Austria’s April 26 and Friday, • The Royal Drummers of Burundi Chamber Orchestra, 8 p.m. citizens, $10/students. citizens, $15/students. rituals and ceremonies of Eastern Africa; world-famous Vienna Choir Boys in April 27. The company Notre Dame piano instructor $30 faculty/staff/ concert; $30 faculty/staff/senior citizens, will perform several John Blacklow will be joined Friday, Nov. 17 senior citizens, $15/ $15/students. original works on the by Jennifer Frautschi on violin • Notre Dame and West Point students. and Eric Ruske on French horn. 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2: The London Decio stage, including Joint Glee Club Concert, 8 p.m. dance choreographed They will perform Schumann 8:30 p.m. Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Saturday, Nov. 18 to the music of the and Brahms, including Brahms’ Friday, Nov. 3: Kurt Masur, performs Liszt, Prokofiev, and Dave Matthews Band; magnificent Op. 40 Trio for Violin, • Music for Saint Cecilia’s Day, Mark O’Connor’s Brahms; $60 faculty/staff/senior citizens, $40 faculty/staff/senior Horn and Piano. The concert begins 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21 Fiddle Celebration $20/students. citizens, $15/students. at 8 p.m. in the Leighton Concert brings O’Connor • Opera Scenes, 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19: Nickel Creek’s Hall of the performing arts center. and some of his Tuesday, Nov. 28 mandolin player Chris Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for most talented friends Thile performs an students. University Band Concert, to the stage for • evening of bluegrass 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3 bluegrass, jazz, and Other fall performances taking with bass legend classical fiddle; place in the performing arts center University Jazz Bands Concert, Edgar Meyer; $25 • $30 faculty/staff/ are: 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3 faculty/staff/senior senior citizens, $15 Jen Chapin El Gran Combo Daniel Bernard Roumain The Bayanihan Philippine National Acoustic Africa citizens, $15/students. students. • The Oberlin Trio, 2 p.m. • Collegium Musicum, 7 and Dance Company Sunday, Sept. 10 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6 8 p.m. Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8: Acoustic Feb. 3: The New Africa, a showcase of new African acoustic • Memorial Concert for John • Notre Dame Glee Club Orleans Jazz Opera will perform Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” (“The Marriage of music featuring Habib Koité, Vusi Mahlasela, Riley-Schofield, 2 p.m. Christmas Concert, 6:30 and Orchestra, directed Figaro”). The opera will be performed in the original Italian with supertitles, and Dobet Gnahoré; $30 faculty/staff/senior Sunday, Sept. 24 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8 by trumpeter Irvin ND Presents: and will feature costumes, a full set, and an orchestra. Often described as citizens, $15 students. Mayfield, presents • Bach’s Lunch featuring Erin Handel’s Messiah: Notre Dame the perfect comic opera, “Le Nozze di Figaro” is a sequel to “The Barber of • 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9: Carlos “New Orleans: Then Smith, soprano; noon Friday, Chorale & Chamber Orchestra, Seville,” focusing on deceptions and relationships gone awry in the palace Fuentes and the San Antonio Vocal Arts and Now.” Tickets are Sept. 29 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9 and of Count Almaviva. Previously known as Opera Verdi Europa, the Bulgarian Live at the M orris Ensemble come in honor of Our Lady of $30 faculty/staff/senior • Notre Dame Glee Club Alumni 2 p.m. Sunday Dec. 10 The Parsons Dance Company State Opera has won accolades for its rich European operatic tradition since The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Reunion Concert, 8 p.m. its inception in 1996. Flourishing in the The Notre Dame Concert The fourth season of ND Presents: Live at the Morris Friday, Sept. 29 Bands will perform at 9 p.m. expansion of post-Iron Curtain Eastern continues with performances of classical ballet and opera. • Bach’s Lunch, noon Friday, Nov. 3 In Washington Hall. Europe, the company has earned a solid Upcoming free events include At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 the 50-member Moscow Festival Friday, Oct. 6 reputation on Europe’s most prestigious a brass ensemble performance Ballet performs Tchaikovsky’s famous “Swan Lake.” Tchaikovsky drew opera stages. • Fleur de Lys, 2:30 and at 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18 in from multiple sources to create the story, including Slavic folklore and the 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8 the Basilica of the Sacred Heart work of Alexander Pushkin. Today, critics consider the ballet one of the Purchase tickets for these two events Schola Musicorum, 8:30 and and the Student Chamber Music three cornerstones of Russian classical ballet, along with “The Nutcracker” through the Morris Performing Arts • 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11 Concert at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2 and “Sleeping Beauty.” The internationally acclaimed Moscow Festival Center in downtown South Bend. Ticket in the Annenberg Auditorium of the Ballet, which tours regularly throughout the world, was founded in 1989 prices for both events range from $31 to • Notre Dame Symphony . by Artistic Director Sergei Radchenko, former principal dancer with the $37 for faculty, staff and senior citizens. Orchestra, 8 p.m. Friday, Please call the Morris Performing Arts Oct. 27 Ticket information for all Bolshoi Ballet. events is available by calling 631- Center box office at 574-235-9190 or At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22 the 90-member Bulgarian State 2800 or visiting performingarts. visit http://www.morriscenter.org. nd.edu. Moscow Festival Ballet Bulgarian State Opera Juilliard String Quartet Ravi Shankar and Anoushka

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served a challenging apprenticeship under two instructors, Nyame Brown, It’s not just ergonomics Computer-related Free Transpo Snite Museum hosts assistant professor of art, and Bruna Wynn, a professional artist who pain can be helped rides provide a high school artists teaches at Clay High School. get to the muscles and nerves of the arms and By Carol C. Bradley hands. Make a point of stretching and moving Over the course of the program, at least once an hour. during the early stages of discomfort.” pertinent perk students received instruction in areas Avoiding overuse or stress injuries By ND Works staff writer such as pencil drawing, painting with in the workplace is not just about When assessing workplace injuries, Last year, Knight started doing Twelve talented area art students participated in the Snite gouache and watercolor, printmaking ergonomics, says Fran McDonald, McDonald says, “We look at what you do. office-wide ergonomic assessments, By ND Works staff writer and constructing three-dimensional clinical director and owner of Where are you closing off the circulation?” giving people tips on how to work Museum of Art’s High School Artist Apprenticeship Program objects in clay and papier-mâché. McDonald Physical Therapy and Another particular problem with computer more comfortably and safely. this summer. The innovative four-week program was funded by They were also required to keep A one-year-old partnership with the South Bend Public users, he says, is leaning the head forward Transportation Corp. has provided more than 90,000 free rides a $5,000 grant from the ArtsEverywhere Fund of the Community sketchbooks and journals. Sports Rehabilitation in South Bend. In assessing problems, he’s The practice is a provider of physical while working. When you do that, McDonald sometimes recommended a switch to since last fall for Notre Dame faculty, staff and students. Foundation of St. Joseph County. says, “The pressure on the trapezius muscle “I wanted to offer a summer therapy services for University a different type of computer monitor. program that had potential to change at the back of the neck is three times what it “We’re very happy with the results,” says Dan Skendzel, director of The students, who were selected by art teachers at local high schools, More often, the problem involves lives,” says Jacqueline H. Welsh, employees injured on the job. should be.” To relieve the pressure, you need administrative services for business operations, who has been negotiating keyboards and chairs, or a different Snite curator of education, public to stop and look up at the ceiling periodically. an extension of the Notre Dame-Transpo partnership. “Particularly because Working comfortably and avoiding injury mouse. Problems with keyboards and programs. “We hope to encourage this is an additional transportation resource to connect Notre Dame with the is also about movement, blood flow—and It’s really a matter of common sense, he chairs develop because the height is talented high school students to community.” The system has been especially helpful for students doing service common sense. You can sit with perfect says. You’d never hold your arms out to the wrong. Regarding chairs, he says, consider art as a college major and as work. posture, in an ergonomically designed chair and sides for two hours, he notes, but we often sit “As long as it’s adjustable, we can a career.” workstation and still end up in pain if you sit at the computer for extended periods—even Scott Knight, an industrial hygienist in the Office of Risk make drastic improvements. A back Statistics accumulated between last August and the end of May indicate problem can be as simple as the back Charles Loving, director of the and work for extended periods of time without hours at a time—with the head hanging Management and Safety, performs on-site ergonomic that The Sweep, the green Transpo trolley that loops around Notre Dame and of the chair not being locked.” museum, notes, “These high school moving, McDonald says. forward. “The muscle tolerates a lot, but in evaluations and training to prevent repetitive stress Saint Mary’s, provided almost 20,000 trips, most of which occurred during injuries. Photo by artists were paid an honorarium in time, it’s going to wear down.” the academic year. The number is in addition to the on-campus transportation “One of our own typists ended up with The most common complaints order to forego typical summer jobs provided by the administrative shuttle that circulates between campus buildings carpal tunnel syndrome,” he says. “She The simplest way to avoid discomfort, pain Knight hears involve sore wrists. and, instead, take pride in being and peripheral parking areas. was spending three or four hours at a time and possible injury is to get up and move every “Number two is shoulder, and number ‘employed’ as artists. We emphasized By Carol C. Bradley transcribing.” 50 minutes. “People get mesmerized,” he says. three is back and neck problems.” that being an artist is a professional Far and away, the most popular trip is to and from University Park Mall. One tip he offers: Get a timer and set it for 50 One of industrial hygienist Scott Knight’s activity. To that end, the students It’s easy to change furniture, he says, but He’s also noted a lot of people The route accounted for some 48,000 rides. Students, faculty and staff also minutes. You can also force yourself to move were taught by practicing artists, it’s a lot harder to change behavior. The most main goals is to develop awareness on campus develop neck stress from working on headed to the mall from off-campus sites such as downtown Mishawaka. by placing the timer on the other side of the they visited an ND graduate artist important factor, McDonald says, is to notice of office ergonomics. Computer-related laptops. “The screen is so low, their Transpo also brought members of the University family to Erskine Village, a room. shopping area on the South Side. in his studio, and they traveled to the position you’re in, and periodically change problems, he says, can often be easily helped. head hangs.” Chicago to visit studios, galleries, and it to the opposite. What you should do, he says, Other popular routes travel between campus and traditional residential museums.” Knight offers on-site ergonomic evaluations for neighborhoods such as Rum Village; areas accessible from Western Avenue, the For example, after spending too many those experiencing problems. Those interested in an is use the laptop as a CPU, with a Nyame Brown, assistant professor of art, works with student Erika Atkins in Sample/Mayflower, Miami/Ridgedale, and Bendix/Ardmore intersections; and The program culminated with an hours typing, you may feel numbness, tingling For Your Health evaluation are encouraged to contact Risk Management separate monitor and keyboard when a class at the Snite Museum. Twelve area high school students served art working for extended periods in the all points in Mishawaka. apprenticeships at the museum during June and July. Photo by Carol C. exhibition and public reception at the and pain in your hands and forearms. Carpal explores programs and Safety through a supervisor or manager. The office museum, with presentations by the tunnel syndrome? Maybe not, McDonald says. also responds to workplace injuries, or when contacted office. The transportation program allows faculty, staff and students to use Transpo Bradley. that promote health student participants on their artistic “They think it’s carpal tunnel, but it’s actually by Health Services. Knight enjoys working with free of charge from any location by showing their valid University identification process and creations. coming from the shoulder.” By compressing the and well-being and the card. The spouses of faculty and staff with valid identification cards also are Knight also offers seminar-style training programs, ergonomics, and estimates that he’s shoulder, blood flow from the axillary artery is able to help almost everyone he sees. included in the program. people whose lives and he’d like to do more of those. His time is often Distinctions compromised. The solution, McDonald says, “Quite often, they notice a difference is to lift the shoulders and hold for 45 seconds. have been enriched by spent reacting to problems. “What I want to do is be more proactive. With cumulative trauma disorders, the before I even leave their office,” he The University congratulates Lora J. Spaulding, Joy Vann-Hamilton, Then raise your arms above your head to them. says. “You immediately know you’re increase blood flow so oxygen and nutrients earlier you intervene, the less likely it is that long-term New the Bulla Road stop and Grace Hall the following employees, who registrar’s office Provost’s office or permanent damage will occur. The key is to address it helping somebody.” and Main Building. celebrated significant service Michael R. Ridenour, Administrative anniversaries in July. George E. Foree and Mary T. The morning shuttle will Heller, custodial clearing investments Shuttle schedule run from 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.; the FYI evening shuttle will run from 4:05 30 years Steve L. Ellis, Michael W. Bean, is in place, a.m. to 5:50 p.m. Morning and information technologies sports medicine to help participants achieve the health invited to attend the annual opening their families. evening routes run every 15 minutes Carolyn J. Berzai, Notre Dame Band benefits of an optimal body weight by Mass for the academic year and an Musical Online parking in a loop that travels from the library Roxanne J. Brock, Business Kimberely S. Ruiz, food information technologies marches out establishing good eating habits. all-campus family picnic the evening entertainment circle to Pasquerilla Center (ROTC) services-North Dining Hall registration continues Process Advisory Services of Tuesday, Aug. 22. will be to the Bulla Road stop, onto Grace The Notre Dame Band’s first 25 years The session will help participants provided Hall, the Main Building then back to Phillip A. Johnson, Nancy C. Osth, “march out” through campus signals understand factors that impact The Mass will begin at 5:30 by national the library with stops along the way parking services registrar’s office the start of Band Camp and the By ND Works staff Susan C. Steibe-Pasalich, metabolism; examine personal habits p.m. in the Joyce Center arena. recording at Grace, Bulla Road and the ROTC beginning of the school year and writer University Counseling Center Dale C. Carter, Maureen Metcalf, Center for such as exercise, stress and belief The University’s president, Rev. artist Emerson building. football season. The march out will Transgene Research systems that contribute to weight John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., will preside Hart, lead The University’s administrative Michael J. Adamek and enterprise systems depart from the Band Building at 9:30 gain, and use the group process to and deliver the homily, and the Meanwhile, online registration singer of the shuttle will continue to provide a.m. on Thursday, August 17, and encourage and support change. The provost, Thomas G. Burish, will for parking decals for faculty Della N. Hudgen, Kristine L. Mitchell, Todd T. Hill, Food Services band Tonic, rides to and from the Rolfs Sports continue through campus to the fields program includes delicious, healthful offer his reflections on the start of For day-to-day listings of events, and staff continues through custodial clearing civil engineering and Support Facility-production who will Recreation Center and the Joyce near Stepan Center. This year’s march snacks. a new academic year. Mass will be early September. The link to the geological sciences present his visit agenda.nd.edu. Center during lunchtime. Michael O. Garvey, Nancy M. Beitler, out, which includes returning band preceded at 5:20 p.m. by an academic registration process can be found solo acoustic news and information campus ministry members and students auditioning Introductory sessions will be procession of faculty and student Midday routes are traveling on the home page of Notre Dame Anita L. Jones, development show. Jugglers, caricature and balloon The additional entertainment for the 2006 Band of the Fighting held from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. on government leaders. between approximately 11:30 Security/Police, 20 years Rhonda M. Fergason, Irish, will be the largest in the band’s Wednesday, Aug. 30 and Wednesday, artists and stilt performers will roam replaces the closing fireworks show, a.m. and 1:10 p.m. on a path that http://www.nd.edu/~ndspd. 15 years bookstore history. Sept. 6 in room 234, Grace Hall A picnic on the DeBartolo Quad the south end of the quad, providing which was eliminated due to the later includes stops at the Hesburgh entertainment for young and old alike. sunset created by Daylight Saving Marjorie E. Wosick, (you can attend either introductory will follow the Mass and is open to Library circle, the ROTC building, Jane K. Zusman, On football Fridays this fall, session.) Class sessions will be held all students, faculty and staff and Time in Indiana. admissions Film, Television & Theatre 10 years the band will march from the Main from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. on 10 Building at 4:30 p.m. to practice in James T. Mumford, security Wednesdays, Sept. 13 to Nov. 15 in the Joyce Center parking lot. The Grace 234. Cost of the program is Chandra J. Johnson, public is welcome to observe. On $150. Registration takes place at the What they were doing FROM THE ARCHIVES campus ministry home football Saturdays, the band’s introductory class. Payment can be traditional Concert on the Steps will made by electronic fund transfer from Mark E. Hogue and take place at Bond Hall 90 minutes your bank account, or you can pay Donald L. Padgett, before kickoff, with inspection and with a check. information technologies march out from the Main Building 50 minutes before kickoff. Eileen L. Gieselman and Run (and golf) with Jamery S. Barry, University Club seeks Jane, Muffet and Sally development new members Women’s basketball coach Muffet Cindy S. Ciesiolka, bookstore McGraw and RecSports director Sally The University Club, whose Derengoski are among event chairs Colleen Harrell, University mission is to contribute to the social for the 23rd annual Run, Jane, Run Health Services and cultural life of the University, is Golf Tournament Wednesday, Aug. welcoming new members by offering 23 at Juday Creek Golf Course in Gloria A. Krull, Law School a one-year membership for free. Granger. Ursula I. Snyder, The club is currently located The 18-hole Florida Scramble custodial clearing on Notre Dame Avenue between benefits the YWCA of St. Joseph McKenna Hall and the Hesburgh County. The registration fee for the *** Center for International Studies. event is $85. It serves lunches and dinners and Alan S. Bigger, director conducts a busy schedule of social Run, Jane Run events also and cultural activities. includes running, walking and biking. of building services, has been For more information on the golf inducted as president-elect of To become a member, visit the tournament, contact Sally Derengoski APPA, a professional association club office and fill out a membership at 631-6690, or derengoski.1@ of 4,700 members in the card. Memberships run annually from nd.edu. educational facilities profession. Sept. 1 to Aug. 31. Bigger has served as APPA’s vice Opening Mass, picnic Jeny Sejdinaj, principal of St. Adalbert’s School, far left, beams proudly as some of her students meet with U.S. president for professional affairs Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings in mid-July. Spellings was on campus to address the 11th annual In this picture from 1908, students wait for a streetcar to take them into South Bend. Today, students, faculty and staff take advantage of no-cost service Beyond Dieting graduation ceremony of the Alliance for Catholic Education program, and asked to meet with local school children. for more than three years. to celebrate new on Transpo’s trolley sweep and bus routes. Photo provided by Elizabeth Hogan, University Archives. The Office of Human Resources ACE teachers teach at St. Adalbert’s and Sejdinaj is a graduate both of ACE and the ACE leadership program. will offer a 10-week program, academic year Photo by Matt Cashore. Beyond Dieting, which is designed Faculty, staff and students are Page 6 Page 7

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Making new friends in Asia President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., in front row, and several administrators and faculty members undertook a brief but ambitious trip in late May to explore the future of Asian Studies at Notre Dame and to touch base with Notre Dame alumni. The trip began in Beijing, China, where the Notre Dame officials met with U.S. Ambassador to China Clark T. Randt Jr., as well as with representatives of Tsinghua University and Peng “Paul” Liu, director of the Pu Shi Institute for Social Science and Research and a visiting scholar at Notre Dame in 1989-90. A stop in Shanghai followed, as did brief visits to Hong Kong and Taiwan. To commemorate the visit to Yuan Ze University in Chung-Li, Taiwan, Father Jenkins poses with, to his right, Douglas Tong Hsu, a Notre Dame alumnus and trustee, who hosted a meeting of the Asian studies advisory board at the university. Also among new friends are Lou Nanni, vice president of university relations, at top right. At center rear, Mark Roche, arts and letters dean, and Lionel Jensen, East Asian languages and literature chair, stand behind Dave Morrissey, also of University Relations. To Morrissey’s right are faculty members Susan Blum, Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Lin. Of China, where he celebrated Mass in Shanghai, Father Jenkins says, “The size and vitality of this country made a deep impression on me.” Photo provided. Summer review In the tradition of the grade school essay “How I spent my summer vacation,” we commemorate the warmest season with a look at six diverse stories of adventure, accomplishment, endurance and exploration.

Young intellects examine Catholic intellectual traditions Brad Gregory, associate professor of history, shares a story with students in one of two new summer seminars hosted by the Erasmus Institute for high-achieving undergraduates interested in Catholic intellectual traditions who plan to pursue graduate studies. Look, ma. No tubes! Gregory’s seminar focused on Jackson Smith weighs in at 7 lbs, 14.5 oz. in this backyard contemporary trends in the humanities and picture with his parents Steve Smith, a Web developer with the social sciences. Joseph Wawrykow, associate Web Group, and mother Carrie. professor of theology, led a second seminar that specifically addressed the theological Born May 28 and weighing only 2 lbs 13.6 oz., Jackson foundations of Catholic intellectual traditions. spent almost 11 weeks in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit of Memorial Hospital. “We thought all the nurses there were The seminars, new to the Erasmus summer really great,” says Carrie. “They were so good working with schedule this year, were each comprised of a us.” dozen students selected through a competitive application process. Their ranks included Notre Upon his release, Jackson still wore a breathing tube, Dame undergraduates, students from other but here, he is finally tube free. A few more pounds and he’ll Catholic colleges and universities, and students fit into that from elite secular institutions. Mornings were miniature Notre dedicated to seminar sessions; afternoons were Dame football set aside for reading and conversation with jersey and fellow students and faculty advisors. uniform pants his dad just Religious faith, notes Erasmus Director bought. Photo Rev. Robert Sullivan, is experiencing a national provided. revival. But the humanities and social sciences are largely disconnected from religious traditions. The Erasmus Summer Seminars prepare intelligent students for academic ‘I don’t think we could take this trip careers in which faith can inform today’ reason. Photo He avoided ladders and Dee Dee Sterling of Human Resources, far right, and Greg Sterling, provided. paint cans with camera, tour a synagogue at Capernaum during a trip they made to Israel. Greg Sterling taught a graduate-level theology class, whose members Ryan Willerton, associate director of also are pictured here. They stayed at Tantur, the Notre Dame-operated You are student activities, stands in the midst of his ecumenical institute for theological studies in Jerusalem, toured the city in welcome chief focus of the summer: the renovation of the afternoon and dined with friends in the evening. They passed through LaFortune Student Center’s main lounge. scanners before being admitted to restaurants. to join his The renovation features the installation “Security had already begun to heighten the last few days we were there, club of new light features and decorative including extra security check points along some of the roads we traveled,” Chris Vitale, a wood columns in the main lounge. A new says Dee Dee Sterling of their trip in June. “I don’t think we could take this material handler in custodial clearing, prepares to fly his IE giant- information desk has been installed and will trip today.” scale radio-controlled airplane at a “fun fly” in June, one of a be staffed with extended hours, from 9 a.m. half-dozen he joined in the Midwest over the summer. to 1 a.m. daily. Paint, carpeting, new plasma “When we were leaving Israel, we had to go through about 45 minutes televisions and furniture has changed the of security at the Tel Aviv airport. A young woman—probably 20 or 21— Vitale is one of the founders of the Mishawaka Sky Raiders, a configuration to better accommodate the was going through one of my bags. These are very serious young people and 30-member group that flies their radio-operated planes on a field estimated 2 million people who pass through they rarely converse with travelers.” they’ve acquired near New Carlisle in between State Roads 2 and the center annually. 20. This particular fun fly took place on the Sky Raiders grounds. The young woman was a native of Israel and Sterling says she The Huddle/food court in LaFortune also commented that the country was fascinating. Vitale builds these planes himself. With wingspans ranging underwent a face lift, with new tables and “She looked at me with a somewhat surprised and sullen look and said, from 64 to 100 inches, they take about six months each to build. chairs and considerably brighter lighting. ‘That’s not what I would call it.’ I asked her what she would call it and her If you think you’d be interested in this hobby, Vitale welcomes Students used to complain of headaches reply was ‘Hard.’” Photo provided by the Sterlings. your inquiries. He can be reached at [email protected]. Photo by from studying in the former, dim lighting. Alan Bigger Photo provided.

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