Eck Gives $20 Million to Disease Center
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THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 42: ISSUE 116 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2008 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Eck gives $20 million to disease center Law- school Gift will benefit CGHID, multi-disciplinary research on global health crisis, biomedical sciences dean to director of the CGHID. Eck's gift will give the "We want to give students By BECKY HOGAN According to its Web site, Center "a number of oppor the opportunity to do News Writer the CGHID brings together tunities we haven't had research and work in dis step do:wn faculty and students from before. While there are a ease-endemic field settings," Notre Dame alumnus several differ.ent colleges and number of faculty who are Collins said. Frank Eck has given the departments at Notre Dame, affiliated with the Center, all Additionally, Collins said O'Hara to leave post University a $20 million gift focusing its research and of their funding is for very the gift will help cover some to support the Center for teaching on human specific research programs," administrative costs, central in 2009 after 10 years Global Health and Infectious pathogens, diseases caused Collins said. "One of the ize all the related research Diseases (CGHID), which will by these organisms and the things we have not had is the currently underway at Notre be renamed the Eck Family impact of these diseases on ability to generate money Dame and enable the Center By PUJA PARIKH Center for Global Health and human society. Members of used for general educational to invite researchers to give News Writer Infectious Diseases. the CGHID are concerned activities." seminars. "This endowment is going with a broad range of Collins said the Center Assistant director for the After a decade as dean of to put the Center on a much research topics, from bio plans to use the money, in Center, Jeff Schorey, said the the Law School, Patricia more formal footing. It... will medical science to human part, to send graduate and gift will also allow the Center O'Hara will leave her position allow for more formal plan rights issues, such as the undergraduate students to give special attention to at the University in June next ning which we haven't had in impact of infectious diseases overseas to participate in year because "10 years is the the past," said Fred Collins, in developing countries. research projects. see ECK/ page 4 optimal length of time to serve as dean," she Forun1 debates in1n1igration, just policies said in a statement Panelists generally agree on mistreatment, contributions of undocumented workers to economy on March 26. O'Hara ing immigrants. joined the O'Hara By KATIE PERALTA But for the vast majority of Assisrant News Editor law school American citizens, Carmona faulty in 1981 and nine years said, disagreements on the issue she later became vice presi Student government hosted a of immigration hinge· on the student forum on immigration dent of Student Affairs. After belief that "to be American another nine years, she left Tuesday, which moderator Don means to be a white Anglo Wycliff. the University's associ the post to become the dean Saxon Protestant." of the Law School in 1999. ate vice president for News and McKenna echoed this senti Information. said was meant to O'Hara said in her state ment. ment that a part of being a produce "more light than heat." "Many [citizens I com plain But no heat was produced at all dean is "!knowing] when the about a change of their lifestyle responsibilities of leadership by a panel of students that tend as a result of immigration," he ed to agree on most questions should be handed off to oth said, citing the economic impact ers.". regarding the nationally debat of a larger labor force. ed issue. She said 10 years in office McKenna said immigration is is long enough to get good The four panelists - seniors an issue that affects everyone, Stephanie Brauer and Michael work done but at the same not just the Americans that may time "it is not so long as to McKenna. junior Elizabeth be competing for jobs with Ferrufino and graduate student threaten the possibility of immigrants. either a lack of freshness and Victor Carmona - generally "All Americans are stakehold agreed on the importance of optimism. or to eompromise ers in this debate," McKenna the sense of joy that must be immigrants to the American said. "That includes [cities economy and what the role the From left, students Victor Carmona, Stephanie Brauer and Mike United States should be regard- see FORUM/page 3 McKenna discuss immigration at LaFortune Tuesday. see DEAN/page 6 ND explores Faustian COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES thetnes w-ith events Program to reach out to freshmen makes sense to cross bound Student gov't to recruit first-years who lose bid for Class Council to FLEX By CLAIRE REISING aries," he said. "The issues are News Writer complex and rieh enough that we should be looking at a play By JOSEPH McMAHON The themes of salvation. faith like this from multiple perspec Assistant News Editor and knowledge will be exam tives." ined on <~ampus during the next In addition to performances of Concerned with the laek of two weeks as this year's aca Goethe's play, events of the freshman input in student demic theme "Faust at Notre "Faust at Notre Dame" initiative government, student body Dame" is explored through an eenter on Christopher president Bob Reish unveiled opera. a play and a conference. Marlowe's play, 'Doctor the new Freshman Leadership According to Art<> and Letters Faustus.' Experienee (FLEXl program Assoeiatn Dnan Stuart Greene, In both Goethe's and at the Council of German Professor .Jan Hagens Marlowe's versions of the Faust Representatives (COR) meet suggested making Faust this story, the title character desires ing Tuesday. year's ar.adnmie thnme becausn to rise above human knowledge, Freshman Blair Carlin. who 2008 is the 200th annivnrsarv of and. after turning to magic, for will help run the program Part I of .Johann Wolfgang ~on feits his soul to the Devil in next year and has conducted Goethe's play of the same name. exchange for the Devil's serviee research at other sehools Faustian themes can tran during his life. looking at similar programs, scend aeademic disciplines, Arts and Letters Dean Mark explained the purpose of such as literature, seience and Roehe said this plot uses themes FLEX to the Council. religion Greene said. relevant to the Notre Dame "The primary goal is to inte- DUSTIN MENNELLAfThe Observer "The issues of our day are From left, student body presidnt Bob Reish and vice president Grant increasingly complex. and it see FAUST/page 4 see CORl page 6 Schmidt hear reactions to the FLEX program at Tuesday's meeting. page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Wednesday, April 9, 2008 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER LOSE, YOUR CELL PHONE OR YOUR KEYS? Ma:m_a, I':m_ a big girl novv In about a month I will be both oflkial ly a college 1-,rraduate and ollieially unem Sarah Galgano Diego Silva Christine Lynch Frank Vento Matt Gibson ployed. But my panic about the latter is the senior sophomore sophomore sophomore senior topic li1r another column. off-campus off-campus Pasquerilla West Stanford Off-campus Today I want to focus on the good, Marcela Berrios on my progress "/drive too "''d lose my "''d rather lose "''d rather lose ''I'd rather lose toward becoming Senior Staff much to lose my keys - then I'd my phone, my cell phone my cell phone - a mal grown up. Writer keys, so have a good because 'best because then I I've lost it four I came to this university almost probably my excuse not to go roomieofmy can still go to times already li1ur years not a girl. but not yet a phone." to class." life' will come to Taco Bell." this year, so I'm woman. Alii needed was time, a moment my rescue. used to it. 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