Arts and Letters Sees Decline in Enrollment
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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 45: Issue X8 Thursday,Tuesday, AugustSeptember 30, 20111, 2011 Ndsmcobserver.com Arts and Letters sees decline in enrollment By JOHN CAMERON to a lesser degree in sciences, the job market and misplaced College of Arts and Letters are “People think if they major News Writer and the sharp increase in busi- concerns about the suitability not able to add a supplemen- in English, for example, they ness,” McGreevy said. “It’s re- of a liberal arts major com- tary major in business, he said. won’t find a good job, but our The College of Arts and Let- ally [the Mendoza College of] pared to the necessity of a busi- McGreevy said the perceived English majors get all types ters at Notre Dame has seen Business where the growth is.” ness degree. limitations on an Arts and Let- of different jobs,” he said. “If the greatest decline in enroll- In 2008, 35 percent of stu- “It’s as complex as the eco- ters graduate are unfounded you want to go to professional ment over the past few years as dents declared a major in Arts nomic crisis and job anxiety, as worried students are misled or graduate school, we have students choose to pursue busi- and Letters at the end of their Mendoza’s No. 1 ranking and into pursuing majors deemed a lot of people doing that. For ness over the liberal arts, Dean first year, while 29 percent the structural issue where stu- more practical. students looking into full-time of the College John McGreevy chose to enter Mendoza. By dents from business can double “The data on Arts and Let- service, we have a lot of stu- said. 2010, the portion of students major in Arts and Letters but ters students getting jobs is dents doing that. Or those go- While the decline has been choosing liberal arts majors not the other way around,” he really encouraging,” he said. ing into the paid labor force, we gradual, McGreevy said the had declined to 27 percent, and said. “Unemployment isn’t any dif- have a lot of students doing that trend is concerning. the fraction electing business Students who enroll in the ferent between students in Arts too.” “Last year’s enrollment was had risen to 34 percent, ac- Mendoza College of Business and Letters and business.” McGreevy said he hoped not that different [from this cording to a First Year of Stud- have the option of adding a sec- McGreevy dismissed the no- more students caught up in the year’s], but we are worried ies report. ond major in the College of Arts tion that business majors have trend toward business-ori about the decline in enroll- McGreevy attributed the and Letters, while students more professional flexibility ment in Arts and Letters, and trend to students’ fears about whose primary major is in the than Arts and Letters students. see COLLEGE/page 5 Memoir tells story of a leader’s life SMC hosts By AMANDA GRAY activities News Writer With a lifetime of stories, Uni- versity President Emeritus Fr. night Edward “Monk” Malloy said he had an obligation to write them down. By MADELINE MILES “Anyone in a leadership posi- News Writer tion has an obligation to leave some account of his or her lead- Hundreds of students ership,” he said. crowded Library Green The second volume of Malloy’s Wednesday evening to at- three-volume memoir, “Monk’s tend the first outdoor Activ- Tale: Way Stations on the Jour- PAT COVENEY/The Observer ity Fair at Saint Mary’s Col- ney,” was published this month Fr. Edward “Monk” Malloy signed copies of his book “Monk’s Tale: Way Stations on the Journey.” lege. by the University of Notre Dame The memoir, published last month, is the second volume in the three-volume work. A variety of clubs and Press, according to a University organizations sponsored press release. in a review. “It is a moving story he said. “It’s a story that makes Malloy, basketball mid-dribble, booths to recruit new mem- This volume focuses on Mal- of Monk’s personal growth from you proud to be a Catholic.” plays on the basketball courts bers from the Saint Mary’s loy’s time spent at the University priest and professor to president The positive feedback and re- that used to be behind Walsh Hall community. from 1974 to 1986, the years pre- of Notre Dame. views are gratifying, Malloy said. during “Monk’s Hoops,” a regu- Student Government Cam- ceding his tenure as president. “Along the way, Monk provides “I never set out to write a New lar, informal basketball game he pus Clubs Commissioner “Monk Malloy’s candid and re- a rare inside look at Catholic York Times bestseller,” he said. “I held throughout his time as pro- Cassie Palmer, along with vealing book could well be titled higher education in America and meant to tell my story.” fessor and president. the staff of the Student In- ‘The Making of A Catholic Col- its bruising battles with the Vati- The book, though not yet a “I look a lot younger then than volvement and Multicultural lege President,’” Columbia Uni- can over the meaning of Catholic bestseller, begins to tell its story versity’s Joseph Califano, Jr. said identity in our pluralistic society,” with the cover image. A younger see MONK/page 5 see ACTIVITIES/page 6 Police, community and students discuss safety The Safety Summit, which rather show up for 99 false By ABI HOVERMAN featured the Saint Joseph alarms than miss one real one.” News Writer County Sheriff and represen- Chapman said students also tatives from NDSP, the South can prevent most on-campus With the football season fast Bend Police Department and crime by locking their doors approaching, students and the Indiana Excise Police, em- and not letting strangers into community members had the phasized cooperation between their dorms, as almost all thefts opportunity to ask a panel of po- the University and police en- do not involve forced entry. lice representatives questions forcement. “Notre Dame students are concerning underage drinking, “How the police treat you will the nicest around … [Burglars] safety and off-campus parties be dictated by how you treat just stand outside the door un- at the annual Student Safety the police, ” St. Joseph County til a student comes up to swipe Summit Wednesday. Sheriff Mike Grzegorek said. their card, they say their girl- “We really do want students NDSP Assistant Director friend lives inside,” Chapman to know that we are really con- Dave Chapman said students said. “Then they go in and try cerned for their safety, and play an important role in safety doors until they find one that’s police departments are con- on campus. unlocked.” cerned for your safety,” Notre “Take care of each other … If Chapman also said if someone JAMES DOAN/The Observer Dame Security Police (NDSP) you see something out of the or- Notre Dame Security Police, along with Saint Joseph Country Sherriff Sergeant Keri Kei Shibata said. dinary call us,” he said. “We’d see SAFETY/page 3 Mike Grzegorek, spoke to students Wednesday about safety issues. 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