The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 45: Issue 14 Friday, september 9, 2011 Ndsmcobserver.com Recovering Students network with employers By VICTORIA MORENO Sr. Garcia News Writer Over 2,000 determined stu- dents dressed in business for- discharged mal attire braved the rain to attend the Career Center’s Fall Career Expo on Thursday. Observer Staff Report The event allowed 149 par- ticipants in the Expo to offer After making an impressive business advice to current stu- recovery, the Notre Dame se- dents interested in internships nior who fell from his third- and future career options. floor apartment window only “We expect the students who two weeks ago was released come talk to us to have done from Memorial Hospital on some research on the compa- Thursday. ny so they can tell us why they Marcus Garcia, 21, fell about would be a good fit,” UHY rep- 25 feet from his apartment resentative Rina Madias said. window in the Foundry Lofts “It simply shows initiative.” & Apartments at Eddy Street Enterprise Rent-A-Car rep- Commons on Aug. 25 around resentatives said confidence 4:30 a.m. An employee at a and quality conversation skills local bar saw him fall as she are the key to a successful first was leaving work for the eve- impression. ning and called 911. He was “More than anything we then transported to Memorial want the student to show that Hospital. they are confident because ASHLEY DACY/The Observer Garcia’s parents, Juan and that’s what you need in sales,” Senior Elizabeth Douville talks to potential employers at the Career Expo on Thursday. Over 2,000 Kimberly, arrived in South Enterprise representative students attended the event in the hopes of securing a summer internship or full-time job. Bend from their home in Tur- Rick Willis said. lock, Calif., on the evening of Enterprise representative going,” Secrest said. difficult balancing that line be- “When I approached my first Aug. 25. His mother regularly Nikki Secrest said the students Junior management and con- tween showing them you know company they told me they were posted Facebook updates for should primarily direct the in- sulting major Michael Barnett what you’re talking about and only looking for finance ma- Garcia’s friends and family formal interview process. said it would have been ben- telling them something that jors,” senior psychology and de- members to track his prog- “We will guide the conver- eficial to know these tips before they don’t really want to hear.” sign major Jenna Spizzirri said. ress. Kimberly Garcia up- sation but ultimately we want attending the fair. Students in fields outside of “When I approached another to see if a student has the abil- “I wish I knew what they business said they were dis- see GARCIA/page 4 ity to keep the conversation wanted me to say,” he said. “It’s couraged by the event. see EXPO/page 4 Edison Lecture recognizes engineers as artists By ANNA BOARINI synthesize knowledge to create it accelerate as a discipline. News Writer new artifacts.” Griffin also said the roots of In his speech, “System Engi- what is now modern system Engineers aren’t just scien- neering: What it is; What it is engineering are planted in the tists, they are also artists, a for- not,” Griffin said undergradu- Cold War era. The 1950s were a mer NASA administrator said ate engineers do not receive time of large engineering proj- in a lecture Thursday. much vital background in de- ects, including the creation of Dr. Michael Griffin, who is sign. Rather, the focus is solely new weapons. also the incoming president of on engineering science. “If the Cold War was a tax on the American Institute of Aero- “The world we live in is de- humanity, it has had at least a nautics and Astronautics, talk- signed, and we as engineers few consequences that involved ed about the dynamic role of en- are helping to design it,” Griffin good,” Griffin said. gineers at the Edison Lecture. said. Griffin said the aftermath of “Engineers and systems engi- Although he said art is the the Cold War wasn’t completely JAMES DOAN/The Observer neers are not just scientists,” he basis of the engineering field, Former NASA administrator Dr. Michael Griffin delivers a speech said. “They are designers who Griffin said science has helped see EDISON/page 4 at the Edison Lecture concerning the history of engineering. New club HANDS promotes service By EMILY SCHRANK “Instead of creating new proj- however this year we will of- News Writer ects, we aimed to maximize the fer alternative fall and spring impact of existing ones by chan- break service trips,” she said. When 2008 Notre Dame neling human resources in ex- “For fall break, we partnered graduate Mariana Diaz, a na- isting initiatives,” Diaz said. with a local organization Con- tive of Guatemala, was looking HANDS, a student-run orga- stru Casa, which builds new for a way to help her country nization, specializes in finding homes for low-income people and involve the Notre Dame volunteer placements for club in Guatemala.”Diaz said vol- Photo courtesy of NBC Sports community at the same time, members. unteers spend one week help- Lightning lights up the dusky sky at Notre Dame Stadium on she co-founded the HANDS or- “Our most popular pro- Saturday during the first weather delay in program history. ganization. grams are during the summer, see HANDS/page 4 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER SMC Art Exhibit page 3 u Viewpoint page 6 u How to watch an away game page 8 u Women’s soccer California bound page 16 page 2 | ndsmcobserver.com The Observer u DAY-TO-DAY Friday, September 9, 2011 QUESTION OF THE DAY: IF I GAVE YOU $100 RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU SPEND IT ON? www.ndsmcobserver.com P.O. 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