THE INDEPENDENT TO UNCOVER NEWSPAPER SERVING THE TRUTH NOTRE DAME AND AND REPORT SAINT Mary’s IT ACCURATELY V OLUME 50, ISSUE 74 | THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2016 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Ireland program offers internship opportunities Wide-ranging internships grant students exposure to cultural and professional environment of Ireland By EMMA BORNE Program last summer, said the N ews Writer program lasts for eight to 10 weeks and offers a wide variety M any Notre Dame students of internship opportunities for are all too familiar with the students. The program is made arduous search that is find- possible by the O’Connell House, ing a summer internship. With Notre Dame’s study abroad that experience in mind, Irish headquarters in Dublin. Internship Program offers stu- “It encompasses around 50 dents a unique and challenging internship opportunities in opportunity of not just an intern- various sectors from education ship experience but a chance to to finance to research to the live abroad in a country many on arts,” Ball said. “The program campus hold dear: Ireland. also incorporates, in addition Photo courtesy of Ciarán Pollard Senior Megan Ball, who par- Last summer, Notre Dame student interns immersed themselves in the culture and scenery of Ireland. The ticipated in the Irish Internship see IRELAND PAGE 4 O’Connell House intern program offers around 50 opportunities in a variety of industries. 2016 ELECTION OBSERVER: DAVID CAMPBELL SMC launches Professor provides insight on hashtag campaign developments in primaries By STEPHANIE SNYDER much I love that blog and thought, N ews Writer ‘Why don’t we do something By JACK ROONEY Jack Rooney: Iowa caucuses David Campbell: This, of here?’” FitzMaurice said. M anaging Editor in less than two weeks and New course, is the $64,000 ques- S aint Mary’s initiated a new “Humans of New York” is a blog Hampshire votes about a week tion. Everything we know — social media campaign this started by photographer Brandon Editor’s Note: Throughout the after that. With voting now im- or thought we knew — about semester by implementing Stanton, according to its Facebook 2016 presidential campaign, presidential nominations has two new Instagram hashtags, The Observer will sit down been upended by Trump. Based #BellesOfSaintMarys and with Notre Dame experts to on past research, it would seem #SMCseniormoments. break down the election and its that he does not have a chance Junior communications ma- importance to students. In this — his supporters have a low jor Kate FitzMaurice, who is chair first installment, Managing likelihood of turning out, the a new Saint Mary’s media re- senior Editor Jack Rooney asks party establishment is against lations intern for Director Political Science Department him and (it is easy to forget) he of Media Relations Gwen intern media relations David Campbell David Melissa Fitzpatrick Melissa Chair David Campbell about department of political science is actually not all that conser- the upcoming primaries minent and Donald Trump still vative. On the other hand, he page. Stanton goes around New and the biggest issues of the near the top of most Republican keeps defying expectations. I York to interview people on the campaign. polls, does he actually have a street and features these peoples’ shot at the nomination? see ELECTION PAGE 5 stories on his blog. junior “He finds and brings out in- teresting things about them,” communications intern FitzMaurice said. Kate FitzMaurice Kate She thought a similar idea would Panel probes Islamophobia O’Brien, thought of the hastag be a fun way to bring campus to #BellesOfSaintMarys in order to life on social media, FitzMaurice By AIDAN LEWIS European countries, as well as “Opinions that you could get students involved with the said. N ews Writer possible solutions. not say out loud a few years College on social media. “I thought there are a lot of Maurizio Albahari, an as- ago abut Muslims — opinions O’Brien said she initiated the faces that you see and recognize A panel of international sistant professor of anthro- that would have sounded rac- campaign due to the past suc- on campus, but you don’t re- studies scholars discussed pology, said Islamophobia is ist — are allowed,” Albahari cess of another Instagram tag, ally know anything about them,” the rise of Islamophobia in nothing new, as the term itself said. #SMCsummerlearn. FitzMaurice said. Europe on Wednesday after- was created in the 1990s. Visiting assistant professor “Social media is one way ... to O’Brien said she quickly ap- noon at the Hesburgh Center “When the world is com- Aysegul Zeren said recent ter- give other students, prospective proved of FitzMaurice’s idea. for International Studies. pelled to coin a new term to rorist attacks are largely re- students, and parents an oppor- “I wouldn’t have come up, hon- The panel, which is spon- account for increasingly wide- sponsible for the recent rise in tunity to have a glimpse of what estly, with the ‘Humans of New sored by the Kroc Institute for spread bigotry, that is sad and Islamophobia. goes on here and what the student York’ idea on my own,” O’Brien International Peace Studies troubling,” Albahari said. “Today, the escalation of experience is,” O’Brien said. said. and the Nanovic Institute for However, Albahari said Islamophobia in Europe has FitzMaurice said her idea was “I need the younger perspective European Studies, examined Islamophobia now is worse an obvious link to the January inspired by the popular blog, — it’s very valuable.” reasons for the recent spike in than it has ever previously “Humans of New York.” anti-Muslim activity in several been in Europe. see ISLAM PAGE 5 “I was thinking about how see INSTAGRAM PAGE 4 NE WS PAGE 3 VIEWPOINT PAGE 7 SCENE PAGE 9 MEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE 16 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE 16 2 THE OBSERVER | THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2016 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM TODAY Have a question you want answered? 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