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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 72 | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM TEDx comes to Notre Dame Students, professors, alumni speak on creating knowledge in South Bend and beyond By NICOLE MICHELS and could not have been the target of TORI ROECK human evolution. The nature of Assistant Managing Editor and aggression is not in our genes — Associate News Editor there are no systems in our body that are ‘for’ aggression. … We Nineteen speakers, including can do aggression, we can make six undergraduates, delivered our bodies do aggression, but it is 12-minute monologues about not who we are at our core.” issues personal to them in the The real secret to human evolu- 2014 TED x UND event in the tionary success has been peace- DeBartolo Performing Arts Center ful and collaborative interaction, on Tuesday. Fuentes said, interactions that Summaries of all the speech- comprise the vast majority of day- es, the videos of which will be to-day human activity. This in- available at tedx2014.nd.edu in cludes everything from creating the coming weeks, are provided fire, to hunting large game, build- below. ing large and complex tools, car- ing for the sick, and even engaging Augstin Fuentes: “It’s in acts of warfare. Not All Sex and Violence: BARBARA JOHNSTON | University of Notre Dame Cooperation in Human Peter Keon Woo: “The Sophomore Joel Ostdiek presents his talk,“Music: A Language We Can All Understand.” Ostdiek gave the Evolution” Value of a Paycheck and the second to last presentation in the day-long event held in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Urgency of Now” Though Fuentes, an anthropol- [APR] for payday loans reaches as less for a college kid like me. … I residents no longer needed to re- ogy professor, said the urges to Woo, The Observer’s busi- high as 390 percent, he said. Still, realized that these financial ser- sort to predatory lenders. pursue sex and violence are ba- ness manager, identified preda- he said he found inspiration for a vices were … also powerful tools sic parts of being human, he said tory, payday lending practices response in the work of campus to beat poverty.” Tim Weninger: “Changing they are not the key to humanity’s as some of the most detrimental microfinance groups. So, Woo said he created the the Hivemind: How Social evolutionary success. “Aggression economic factors shackling those “How ironic, that being poor Jubilee Initiative for Financial Media Manipulation Affects is not a uniform or consistent dis- most in need of their complete is so expensive,” Woo said. Inclusion [JIFFI] in order to pro- Everything” crete trait,” Fuentes said. “[So], paychecks to crippling debts. A “Addressing the rude mechanics vide a service-oriented alterna- if aggression is not one thing, it typical annual percentage rate of poverty is a daunting task, no tive lending option so South Bend see TEDx PAGE 4 Saint Mary’s screens civil Off-campus rights documentary thefts reported By ALEX WINEGAR Observer Staff Report Vizio television and an Xbox 360 News Writer were taken. Suspect informa- Residents of three separate tion is not available. The documentary “The student housing units reported The third burglary report- Loving Story” played Tuesday burglaries before the start of the edly occurred in the 1600 block night in the Vander Vennet spring semester, according to of Turtle Creek Court between Theatre at Saint Mary’s as a Jan. 21 email sent from Notre Oct. 21, and Oct. 27. Entry was part of Dr. Martin Luther Dame’s Off Campus Council. gained through an unlocked King, Jr. Commemoration and One burglary reportedly oc- sliding rear door, and a 60-inch Celebration Week. curred in the 1500 block of Turtle Sony flat screen television was The film features real foot- Creek Drive between Dec. 12 taken, according to the email. age of the interracial couple and Jan. 11. Entry was gained by Suspect information is not that challenged a Virginia law unknown means, and a 42-inch available. in a battle to legalize interra- Samsung television was taken, In the email, the Off Campus cial marriage in the 1960s. the email stated. Suspect infor- Council directed students “The Loving Story” chron- mation is not available. to the Notre Dame Police icles the trial of Richard and Another burglary occurred Department’s website for more Mildred Loving, an interra- between Dec. 20, and Jan. 10, information on crime pre- cial couple. Their case made this time in the 800 block of East vention. A live crime map of it to the Supreme Court, and a MARY O’NEILL | The Observer Washington Street. Entry was Notre Dame, South Bend and Saint Mary’s professors (from left to right) Jaime Wagman, Dionne gained by unknown means, and Mishawaka is available at www. see FILM PAGE 4 Bremyer and Aaron Bremyer discuss “The Loving Story.” the email stated that a 32-inch crimereports.com/agency/nd NEWS PAGE 3 VIEWPOINT PAGE 6 SCENE PAGE 8 UNDER ARMOUR PAGE 16 MEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE 16 2 THE OBSERVER | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM TODAY Have a question you want answered? QUESTION OF THE DAY: Email [email protected] ndsmcobserver.com If you were a cookie, what cookie would you be? P.O. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Editor-in-Chief Sarah Price Phil Krebs Andrew Gastelum Managing Editor Business Manager sophomore sophomore Meghan Thomassen Peter Woo Pangborn Hall Zahm House Asst. 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