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THE INDepenDENT TO UncoveR NEWSPApeR SERVING THE TRUTH NotRE DAME AND AND REPORT SAINT MARY’S IT ACCURATELY V OLUME 50, ISSUE 69 | THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 | NDSMcoBSERVER.COM Administration announces dorm overhaul Pangborn Hall community to move to new dorm, Walsh Hall residents to live in Pangborn for 2016-2017 By MARGARET HYNDS and Walsh Hall community will re- JACK ROONEY side in Pangborn for the 2016- News Editor and Managing Editor 2017 school year, followed by the Badin Hall community and This July, incoming freshmen then Morrissey Manor com- women will no longer have the munity the following academic possibility of being placed in year. Pangborn Hall. In a letter to the University In a plan announced community Wednesday night, Wednesday night by vice Hoffmann Harding said the president for student affairs move “will honor the personal Erin Hoffmann Harding, the relationships, traditions and Pangborn community — cur- strong sense of community that rent residents and rector Sr. have been formed in Pangborn Mary Donnelly — will move Hall and will continue to flour- into one of the two yet un- ish among those same women named residence halls current- in the new women’s residence ly under construction on the hall.” east side of campus. Donnelly, who has served as Pangborn Hall itself, which the rector of Pangborn for eight Hoffmann Harding described years, said the move was new as “functional and safe,” will territory for her, but she hoped be used as a “swing hall” for to preserve a number of aspects the foreseeable future to house of the Pangborn community. dorm communities whose “What I’m thinking at the buildings undergo extensive, year-long renovations. The see DORMS PAGE 5 LUCY DU | The Observer STUDENT SENATE SMC conducts survey Chief of staff According to Director of collect feedback from all of By HALEIGH EHMSEN Saint Mary’s Editor Institutional Research Daniel our students,” he said. Flowers, the climate survey In the email sent to stu- resigns, replaced Saint Mary’s students will remain open for students dents, College President Carol Wednesday morning received to complete through Feb. 3. Ann Mooney said she hopes a personalized email about Students will receive remind- students will take the twen- participating in the first sex- er emails requesting their ty-minute survey whether or by secretary ual assault campus climate participation throughout the not they have experienced survey. three-week window. unwanted sexual contact or By MEGAN VALLEY government would be in a According to the email, The survey will be open sexual assault. News Writer better place and all of you the College is collaborating to both undergraduate and The survey is entirely anon- would be in a better place with the Higher Education graduate students, Flowers ymous, Flowers said. Senior Dan Sehlhorst with someone who would Data Sharing Consortium said. “While we hope that all stu- stepped down from his po- (HEDS) to administer the “The issue of sexual assault dents choose to participate sition as chief of staff at HEDS Sexual Assault Campus impacts all of our students Wednesday night’s student Climate Survey. and it is important that we see SURVEY PAGE 3 Senate meeting, and it was announced that student government secretary soph- sophomore omore Sibonay Shewit has incoming chief of staff ND fiction writer honored replaced Sehlhorst. Shewit Sibonay Senators had previously By ANDREA VALE notable young fiction writ- Book Foundation’s website, been informed of Sehlhorst’s probably be less distracted News Writer ers, who are chosen by past “Fra Keeler” tells the story decision to step down, but for the next semester, so I “5 Under 35” honorees and of a man who “purchases the announcement was for- decided to change roles.” Azareen Van Der Vliet National Book Award win- a house, the house of Fra mally made at the meeting. Sehlhorst said he will re- Oloomi, an assistant profes- ners and finalists. Dinaw Keeler, moves in and be- “It’s a result of a combina- main involved with stu- sor in Notre Dame’s depart- Mengestu, author of “The gins investigating the cir- tion of personal things and dent government during the ment of English and M.F.A Beautiful Things that cumstances of the latter’s family things that all con- semester. program in creative writ- Heaven Bears” and a previ- death. Yet the investigation verged at the same time,” he “I’ll still be around in ing, was recently named ous “5 Under 35” honoree, quickly turns inward, and said. an advisory role — I’ll be one of the 2015 National chose Van Der Vliet Oloomi the reality it seeks to un- “It came to the point talking to Bryan [Ricketts, Book Foundation’s “5 Under for the award for her novel ravel seems only to grow where I realized I would be 35.” “Fra Keeler.” in a better place, student see SENATE PAGE 5 The honor is given to According to the National see AWARD PAGE 3 NEWS PAGE 3 VIEWPOINT PAGE 7 SCENE PAGE 8 MEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE 16 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE 16 2 THE E OBS RVER | thursday, january 14, 2016 | NDSMcoBSERVER.COM TODAY Have a question you want answered? QUESTION OF THE DAY: Email [email protected] ndsmcobserver.com What do you want to be when you grow up? P.O. 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