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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 28 | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM GRC hosts Sexual Violence Awareness Month Events focus on bystander intervention, violence on college campuses, support for survivors By EMILY McCONVILLE discussion surrounding sexual News Writer violence issues. “We are beginning to break the October’s Sexual Violence silence around sexual violence,” Awareness Month — a series of she said. “What that does is help programs and events includ- people who are impacted by sex- ing giveaways, awareness cam- ual violence not to be afraid to paigns, a panel discussion and come forward and receive help, a workshop — will focus on by- but it also puts a responsibil- stander intervention and taking ity on us as a community to not action to prevent sexual violence merely acknowledge that ... we on campus, Gender Relations know how to care for them and Center (GRC) Director Christine that we also think about, ‘How Caron Gebhardt said. do we prevent this from happen- Gebhardt said the GRC ing again?’” planned the month’s pro- Unlike in previous years, when grams based on what it saw as an increase in awareness and see SVAM PAGE 6 EMILY DANAHER | The Observer Panelists analyze relationships Graduate student in light of Catholic teaching attends global By JESSICA MERDES News Writer math forum Tuesday afternoon, a group of By ANDREA VALE world-renowned laureates. Notre Dame students and fac- News Writer Renato Ghini Bettiol joined ulty met with three panelists at with 19 other students and Sister Jean’s Roundtable, hosted A Notre Dame gradu- postdoctoral researchers by the Gender Relations Center ate student traveled to from the United States in (GRC). The panel discussed dif- Heidelberg, Germany as part the forum, which took place ferent ways Catholic teaching of the first-ever American Sept. 21-26. Bettiol received can be supportive in helping un- delegation to the Heidelberg his bachelor and masters of derstand all relationships — in- Laureate Forum (HLF), science from the University cluding friendships — thinking EMILY McCONVILLE | The Observer which unites mathematics of São Paulo in 2008 and 2010, Stacey Noem (left), director of human and spiritual formation in the Mas- and computer science stu- see PANEL PAGE 5 ters of Divinity program, speaks at the Sr. Jean Roundtable on Tuesday. dents and researchers with see FORUM PAGE 7 Lecture links water privatization, unified protests By J.P. GSCHWIND occupation, age and eth- News Writer nicity spoke out against the privatization of water Tuesday afternoon at in Cochabamba,” Simmons the Hesburgh Center for said. “This includes people International Studies, not directly hurt by rising University of Wisconsin- water bills.” Madison assistant pro- Simmons quoted a com- fessor of political science mander of a Cochabamba Erica Simmons analyzed army unit assigned to moni- the social dynamics of tor the protestors who noted protests over water priva- the diversity of the demon- tization in a lecture en- strators: “My wife, my child, titled “Water, Community my empleada [employee] — and Privatization in they were all in the streets.” Cochabamba, Bolivia” ”Water is not just a bio- “Starting in January of physical commodity, but a EMILY McCONVILLE | The Observer 2000, thousands of pro- The University of Wisconsin’s Erica Simmons explains her research on the role of water in demonstrations in testers from every class, see WATER PAGE 6 Cochabamba, Bolivia in 2000. 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Mary’s students Tuesday in South Bend which fosters There’s a lot of great things evening about environmen- sustainability, strengthens happening in town but also talism and innovation in the its economy, has the capac- energy efficiency endeavors city. ity to bounce back from en- as well.” Her lecture, entitled, vironmental stress and is The Office of Sustainability “How Students Can Create inclusive to everyone, Bailey is currently overseeing sev- Success,” aimed to educate said.