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THE INDEPENDENT TO UNCOVER NEWSPAPER SERVING THE TRUTH NOTRE DAME AND AND REPORT SAINT MARy’S IT ACCURATELY VolUme 47, IssUE 55 | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2013 | NDsmcobserver.com “In the Company of the Poor” launches at ND Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez share their experiences in new book By JACK ROONEY to dozens of college campuses childhood. They are both heal- News Writer nationwide through the work of ers, doctors of body and soul.” Notre Dame’s Kellogg Institute Fr. Jenkins also said A standing-room-only for International Studies. Gutiérrez, a professor in the crowd attended Tuesday eve- University President Fr. John theology department, is “the ning’s book launch for “In Jenkins, who wrote the intro- father of liberation theology.” the Company of the Poor: duction to the book, introduced The book itself came about Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Gutiérrez at the as a result of conversations be- Farmer and Fr. Gustavo event, praising their work and tween Farmer and Gutiérrez Gutiérrez,” which focuses on their dedication to a “preferen- when Farmer visited Notre liberation theology and the tial option for the poor.” Dame, though their friendship experiences of these famous “Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo dates back to the 1980s when figures. are men of rare hope and gen- they met while Farmer was The event, in the McKenna erosity whose example inspires working in Peru. Hall Auditorium, centered on the prayer and work of thou- “This has been a profoundly a discussion between Farmer, sands worldwide,” Jenkins said. positive experience writing Gutiérrez, Orbis Books Editor- “One is a physician animated this book with Fr. Gustavo … In-Chief Robert Ellsberg and by a powerful understanding of and it began right here at Notre Ophelia Dahl, cofounder (with God’s relationship to the most Dame,” Farmer said. Farmer) of the non-profit global vulnerable among us; the oth- Farmer said Gutiérrez pro- health organization Partners er, a priest and scholar whose vided Farmer him with the Photo courtesy of nd.edu in Health. The event was also intense spiritual journey and Dr. Paul Farmer, left, and Fr. Gustavo Guitérrez, right, were described streamed live over the Internet devotion to the poor began in see LAUNCH PAGE 5 as “healers, doctors of body and soul” by Fr. John Jenkins. Cultural event celebrates Uruguayan poet’s world art, languages campus visit By KATHRYN MARSHALL lecturer in French and department eight years ago af- News Writer German, said the event gives ter her students inspired her. includes reading expression to the cultures rep- “I was amazed at the talent Saint Mary’s students ex- resented in the modern lan- my students had, and wanted By LILLIAN McGILL American Poetry in Context,” perienced “Arts Around the guages department. to share this talent with the News Writer taught by Professor Ben Heller, World,” a student variety show “[The event] brings all the rest of the school,” Hahn said. shared their personal trans- of music and dance perfor- languages taught in the [mod- The event originally featured Speaking solely in Spanish, lations of Díaz’s poems in mances Tuesday night. ern languages] department music by famous composers, acclaimed Uruguayan poet English. The program, as part of together outside of the class- and then adopted other art Silvia Guerra Díaz read her Junior Emma Wolff said International Week at the room in a different context,” forms, such as dance, in order poetry Tuesday at the Snite Heller came up with the initial College, took place in Little Hahn said. to “embrace more than music,” Museum of Art. idea for the poetry reading. Theatre at the Moreau Center Hahn said she created the professor Jennifer Zachman, Immediately following “Our professor has a really for the Arts. “Arts Around the World” show each poem, Notre Dame stu- Professor Marianne Hahn, for the modern languages see ARTS PAGE 5 dents from the class “Spanish see POET PAGE 4 University experiments with online classes By EMMA BORNE decided in April 2013 to join re- experience,” Visconsi said. News Writer spected schools, such as Boston Visconsi said Semester College, Washington University Online works the same way as As DARTing season begins, and Northwestern, in offer- regular courses. He said stu- Notre Dame students have even ing classes through a program dents can DART into the online more class choices than before, called “Semester Online.” courses Notre Dame offers, or thanks to the new option of on- “The reason that we’re in they can receive permission line courses. Semester Online is so that we from their advisors to take Elliott Visconsi, chief of can experiment, we can learn, classes taught by professors at digital affairs and professor of we can understand how Notre one of the other schools in the English and law, has worked Dame students inhabit online consortium, receiving transfer to bring the option of on- courses, how these kinds of credit. line courses to Notre Dame. courses and this style of learn- Visconsi said the University ing fits into the Notre Dame see DARTING PAGE 4 STEPH WULZ | The Observer NEWS PAGE 3 VIEWPOINT PAGE 7 SCENE PAGE 9 MEN’S SOCCER PAGE 16 FOOTBALL PAGE 16 2 THE observer | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2013 | NDsmcobserver.com TODAY Have a question you want answered? QUESTION OF THE DAY: Email [email protected] ndsmcobserver.com What is the creepiest place on campus? P.O. 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