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THE INDEPENDENT TO UNCOVER NEWSPAPER SERVING THE TRUTH NOTRE DAME AND AND REPORT SAINT Mary’s IT ACCURATELY VOLUME 48, ISSUE 107 | FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2014 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Endowed gift promotes drug research William K. Warren Foundation donates $3.5 million to support study of medical chemistry By CAROLYN HUTYRA chemistry and chemical biol- News Writer ogy research at the University. “The funding will allow us This month, the William to complement our current K. Warren Foundation do- faculty with several additional nated $3.5 million to Notre hires, expanding our research Dame toward the creation of expertise in areas directed the Warren Family Research toward the discovery of treat- Center for Drug Discovery and ments for neurological diseas- Development, according to a es as well as the search for new University press release. antibiotics,” Taylor said. Richard Taylor, associate Gregory Crawford, dean of vice president for research and the College of Science, said professor of chemistry and creation of the center has al- biochemistry, said the funding ready started with the from the Warren Foundation will promote medicinal see FOUNDATION PAGE 4 KERI O’MARA | The Observer Play honors life of former Smoke triggers College president alarm in South By KELLY KONYA Since 2014 marks the 50th efforts to use in leading Saint Saint Mary’s Editor anniversary of Madeleva’s Mary’s to become nationally Dining Hall death, the play was a highly recognized as a premier lib- The Saint Mary’s commu- anticipated event for the en- eral arts college. At the time By JACK ROONEY through the underground nity brought to life the story tire Saint Mary’s community. of her death, one journalist Associate News Editor tunnel system and set off the of the College’s illustrious The play was part of the described her as “the most dining hall’s alarms. visionary, poet, scholar and annual spring lecture se- renowned nun in the world,” At approximately 11 a.m. “There was no fire in the third president Sister M. ries hosted by the Center for O’Brien said. Thursday, South Dining Hall South Dining Hall,” Brown Madeleva Wolff, in an origi- Spirituality (CFS). This year’s Elizabeth Groppe, director was evacuated after smoke said. “Some leaves caught on nal play titled “Madeleva: series is focused on the lives of CFS beginning this aca- in the basement triggered fire in an outdoor ventilation A Play in Several Voices” on and leadership of religious demic year, carried forward smoke alarms throughout space near McKenna Hall at Thursday evening. women, director of media plans for the lecture series the building, South Dining 10:11 a.m. Communication studies relations Gwen O’Brien said. and solicited the help of two Hall general manager Marc “It was extinguished quick- lecturer Susan Baxter wrote Wolff was the president of faculty members in the cre- Poklinkowski said. ly and there were no injuries the play using alumnae the College from 1934-1961. ation of a play celebrating University spokesman or damage. However, it caused memories as well as essays According to a College press the life of Sister Dennis Brown said a small some smoke, which and dramatic monologues release, during her tenure, outdoor fire at McKenna by students. Wolff put her talents and see PLAY PAGE 5 Hall caused smoke to spread see ALARM PAGE 4 MBA program climbs in rankings By EMILY McCONVILLE the grades and test scores of its News Writer students and other business school administrators’ ratings of This month, U.S. News & World the program, as well as job place- Report ranked Mendoza’s Masters ment, starting salary and bonus in Business Administration and company recruiters’ ratings. (MBA) program 23rd in the United Notre Dame’s MBA program, States, a four-spot increase from which offers one- and two-year last year’s ranking. The MBA pro- programs, tied for its No. 23 spot gram also rose to No. 6 in The with Georgetown University’s Economist’s ranking of “potential McDonough School. to network,” another four-spot Patrick Perrella, director of MBA increase. Career Development, said the U.S. According to its website, U.S. News & World Report’s rankings News & World Report considers a given MBA program’s selectivity, see RANKINGS PAGE 3 KERI O’MARA | The Observer NEWS PAGE 3 VIEWPOINT PAGE 7 SCENE PAGE 9 WOMEN’S BASEKTBALL PAGE 16 NFL PRO DAY PAGE 16 2 THE OBSERVER | FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2014 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM TODAY Have a question you want answered? QUESTION OF THE DAY: Email [email protected] ndsmcobserver.com What is the last text message you received? P.O. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Editor-in-Chief Alina Nguyen Dayton Flannery Ann Marie Jakubowski Managing Editor Business Manager freshman sophomore Brian Hartnett Peter Woo Pangborn Hall Keough Hall Asst. 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