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the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 50 Wednesday, november 10, 2010 ndsmcobserver.com Professors from abroad Student promotes peace discuss transition to ND Senior uses recreational outlets to launch nonprofit organization By MOLLY MADDEN News Writer Senior Jeb Brovsky plans on making the promotion of glob- al peace a part of his future with the creation of the non- profit organization Peace Pandemic Corp., which will use sports and other recre- ational outlets as a means for promoting peace among youth across the globe. “The mission of the organi- zation is to simply empower youth through peaceful action,” Brovsky said. “It’s Photo courtesy of Ghada Bualuan Notre Dame professor Ghada Bauluan stands in front of the about achieving peace Mediterranean Sea with her oldest son Roy in 2003. through sport and music with kids.” Brovsky, who is graduating “At first it was hard and very at the end of December with a By NICOLE TOCZAUER challenging, for I missed degree in Entrepreneurial News Writer Lebanon so much. I missed my Studies and a minor in Photo courtesy of Jeb Brovsky family and friends,” she said. “I International Peace Studies, Senior Jeb Brovsky and University President Fr. John Jenkins Several Notre Dame profes- felt awfully lonely.” thought of the idea for Peace hold personal petitions for peace. sors first knew the United For others though, the transi- Pandemic Corp. when he was States as a foreign country. tion was not as difficult. a sophomore. wanted to end up in my life to this.” Professor Ghada Bualuan from Professor Olivier Morel, from He said this past summer he December,” Brovsky said. “I Brovsky, who is a forward the Classics department moved the Romance Languages and decided to make the nonprofit worked on getting Peace on the Notre Dame soccer to the United States from Literatures department, said he organization part of his imme- Pandemic off the ground, lit- team and a finalist for this Lebanon after marrying her diate future. erally all day, every day this husband. see ABROAD/page 4 “I began to see where I summer. I would like to devote see PEACE/page 6 Gardens go green in more ways than one 1st Source By LAUREN KELLY and that collections from offers grants landscape services makes up News Writer the compost for the garden.” The project got rolling with Irish Gardens, Notre Dame’s help from the University. for research student-run campus flower “I contacted LaFortune shop, is going green. Building Services, and they The shop has begun com- were very supportive of our By CASEY KENNY posting waste in an effort to initiative, and helped us get News Writer become more eco-friendly. new large recycling bins so “The project has been in the the custodial staff would works since the start of the know of the policy change,” In order to offer an incentive semester, but fully got put Johns said. “As a student run to bring university-based into action at the end of business, it was up to the stu- research to the marketplace, October,” senior Celia Johns, dent managers to lead the 1st Source Bank is sponsoring product manager at Irish charge on policy changes.” an annual award of up to Gardens, said. The Notre Dame compost $20,000 for Notre Dame and The name of this new cam- pile is located at the Food Indiana University School of paign, spearheaded by Johns, Service Support Facility. Medicine South Bend (IUSM- is “Making the Gardens Waste from Irish Gardens is SB) researchers who have suc- Green.” collected and deposited there. cessfully commercialized new “[Junior] Clare Mundy — “The compost is added to technologies. one of the other managers — the compost pile of other The award was established and I talked about encourag- organic material that breaks last year with a $1-million gift ing recycling in the shop this down and provides natural from 1st Source Bank and will year during a brainstorming fertilizer for the gardens that be presented each year to a session over the summer,” grow food used in the dining Notre Dame or IUSM-SB faculty Johns said. “I got the idea for hall and by the community,” member. The first award will the composting program from Johns said. be presented in the spring at a colloquium on Catholic Johns said she has heard an awards banquet, said chair Social Teaching and positive feedback. of the selection committee Sustainability, when a presen- “Other students and faculty Robert Bernhard, vice presi- tation from the Office of have been very supportive of dent for research at Notre Sustainability talked about the idea [and] excited that we SUZANNA PRATT/The Observer Dame. the community garden that Irish Gardens, the floral shop in LaFortune Student Center, has was started over the summer, see GARDENS/page 5 begun composting waste in an effort to become more eco-friendly. see RESEARCH/page 4 INSIDE TODAY ’S PAPER Food services changes page 3 N Now and then: Women’s basketball page 10 N Women’s soccer NCAA tournament page 20 N Viewpoint page 8 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 THE OBSERVER QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT WILL THE WORLD BE LIKE IN 25 YEARS? 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