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THE INDEPENDENT TO UNCOVER NEWSPAPER SERVING THE TRUTH NOTRE DAME AND AND REPORT SAINT Mary’S IT ACCURATELY VOLUME 50, IssUE 125 | MONDAY, apRIL 18, 2016 | ndsMCOBSERVER.COM University releases survey results Service Report shows greater awareness of sexual assault policy, available resources responds By MARGARET HYNDS Editor-in-Chief to award T he University released the results from the 2015 Campus Climate Survey on Monday in an decision email to the student body, shed- ding light on the status of student By COURTNEY BECKER perception and understanding News Writer of sexual violence on campus and related University policy. Responding to the The email, sent from University University’s controversial deci- President Fr. John Jenkins, in- sion to honor Vice President Joe cluded a 28-page survey report as Biden and former Speaker of well as the Committee on Sexual the House John Boehner with Assault Prevention’s (CSAP) rec- the 2016 Laetare Medal, stu- ommendations moving forward dents held a pro-life prayer ser- and a one-page results overview. vice outside the Main Building The questionnaire, conducted on Sunday. last January and February, asked In his opening remarks, se- questions about sexual assault nior Timothy Bradley said the and the campus atmosphere as gathering served as an oppor- it pertains to sexual assault, ha- tunity for members of the com- rassment and misconduct. Vice munity to come together in President for Student Affairs Erin prayer, not a protest. Hoffmann Harding said this was “We’re gathered here to join the second administration of the together in prayer for a greater Campus Climate Survey — the respect for human life, and es- first occurred in the fall of 2012. pecially for Notre Dame’s com- “We do a survey every other mitment to its Catholic identity year, and we do focus groups in and to protecting the sanctity the intervening years to be able of life at all stages,” Bradley to learn more information in said. “I want to stress that this conversations with students to is a gathering for prayer, and compliment this overall assess- not for protest. … I hope that in ment that we have of the entire coming together here today, we student body,” she said. may pray to Our Lady and to her According to the report, the son, both for our University and survey, which was administered for all of us gathered here, asking to all enrolled Notre Dame for forgiveness for our own failure see SURVEY PAGE 4 LAUREN WELDON | The Observer see LAETARE PAGE 5 ‘ The best thing to do is stop ‘other-ing’ people’ By CATHERINE OWERS and coordinator at Disability Grace Agolia, a junior at and I think that’s something have to respect the experi- HALEIGH EHMSEN Services, said. Notre Dame who is deaf and that people should enter into ences of people with disabili- Senior News Writers “You might have certain uses a cochlear implant, said conversation about, ask them ties. I try to say ‘people with barriers that need to be she thinks “disability” is “the about, but that doesn’t mean disabilities’ instead of ‘dis- Editor’s note: This arti- overcome to reach the same best possible term we could they are ‘differently-abled.’” abled persons’ because of the cle is the first in a series on goals,” he said. “I think some- use.” Agolia said she dislikes ontological connotations.” disability at Notre Dame times with disability we tend “It’s not pejorative, in my when people say “we all have Agolia said she does not and Saint Mary’s. Today’s to talk about it more as kind opinion. If you’re talking disabilities.” believe there should be a story examines the language of patronizing — that we see about words like ‘differently- “That’s just bad. Because binary opposition between surrounding disability. someone with a disability as abled,’ ‘special,’ ‘abnormal- it demeans the experience of “disabled” and “non-dis- someone who would be the ity,’ ‘defective’ — those are people who have a physical abled,” “deaf” and “not-deaf.” The 650 students registered recipient of our service, of pejorative terms,” she said. “I disability,” she said. “I would “Yes, we have those differ- with the Sara Bea Center for our goodwill, type of thing. especially don’t like ‘differ- agree that we all have things ent experiences, but there Students with Disabilities So more of an approach of, ently-abled’ because it just that set us back, but disabil- doesn’t have to be a dichoto- have the same abilities, in- ‘We’re providing these ser- avoids the fact that the per- ity is a very specific type of my — the experiences can be terests, motivations and vices and accommodations son has a disability. Yes, peo- setback, and I don’t think integrated, in order desires as the rest of the stu- more for equality, giving ple with disabilities have a that’s something that can dent body, Scott Howland, them equal access.’” differing perspective on life, be applied to everyone. You see DISABILITY PAGE 5 NEWS PAGE 3 VIEWPOINT PAGE 6 SCENE PAGE 9 ND WOMEN’S LACROSSE PAGE 16 FOOTBALL PAGE 16 2 TEHE OBS RVER | MONDAY, apRIL 18, 2016 | ndsMCOBSERVER.COM TODAY Have a question you want answered? QUESTION OF THE DAY: Email [email protected] ndsmcobserver.com What is your favorite thing about spring or summer? P .O. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Editor-in-Chief Sam Cavender Kaela Crowley Margaret Hynds Managing Editor Business Manager sophomore sophomore Kayla Mullen Cristina Gutierrez Duncan Hall Pasquerilla East Hall Asst. Managing Editor: Alex Carson Asst. Managing Editor: Zach Klonsinkski “A scoop of ice cream. I do like “Flip flops.” Asst. 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