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THE INDEPENDENT TO UNCOVER NEWSPAPER SERVING THE TRUTH NOTRE DAME AND AND REPORT SAINT MARY’S IT ACCURATELY V EOLUM 50, ISSUE 113 | THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2016 | ndsmcObseRVER.COM Lecture reflects on Justice Scalia’s legacy Law professor considers Scalia’s influence on the future of the Supreme Court and American law By LUCAS MASIN-MOYER “Justice Scalia, in a sense, News Writer was the modern day torch- bearer of the argument that In the midst of the fight in courts should have a self im- Washington over the nomina- posed limited role in the way tion of Judge Merrick Garland that they decide cases,” Bellia to the Supreme Court fol- said. lowing the death of Justice “Justice Scalia’s primary Antonin Scalia, the Young legacy is that he was a propo- Americans for Freedom host- nent, of when it came to the ed the O’Toole Professor of constitution, giving effect to Constitutional Law at Notre its original meaning, how is Dame, Anthony J. Bellia Jr., to the constitution understood discuss the legacy of Justice as a public matter at the time Scalia, a man who Bellia called it was adopted, when it came the “the second most influen- to statutes, he was in favor of tial conservative of the twen- textualism,” Bellia said. tieth century behind Ronald Bellia said Scalia’s approach Reagan.” approach towards interpret- Bellia said there were ma- ing the constitution, followed jor differences between the a doctrine called “original Federalists, who support- public meaning.” ed the implementation of a Scalia believed, according to strong court, and the Anti- Bellia, that “what is relevant Federalists who feared the is not the intent of those who CHRIS COLLINS | The Observer power of an unelected body Anthony J. Bellia Jr., former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, explores the lingering with such great sway. see SCALIA PAGE 3 implications of Scalia’s death on future Supreme Court rulings in a lecture Wednesday night. Author explores Professor receives grant By KATHRYN MARSHALL interference by active sensor and engineering to determine democratic rule News Writer system.” how bats manage to avoid inter- According to the Office of ference when leaving caves at By JENNA WILSON achieve than political science.” L aura Kloepper, an assistant Naval Research website, “YIP over 1,000 bats per second. News Writer Lowenthal said that he and professor of biology at Saint seeks to identify and support “They’re making these Bitar interviewed 12 former Mary’s, will be joined by two un- academic scientists and engi- echolocation sounds in really Abraham Lowenthal, profes- presidents and one former prime dergraduate students to study neers who are in their first or dense groups, and they should sor emeritus of international minister while gathering infor- bat echolocation this sum- second full-time tenure-track be ‘jamming’ each other, but relations at the University of mation for the book. Lowenthal mer thanks to a grant from the or tenure-track-equivalent aca- somehow they’re able to over- Southern California, delivered said he only studied cases of Office of Naval Research 2016 demic appointment ... and who come this challenge and still be a lecture on democratic transi- democratic transitions where Young Investigator Program show exceptional promise for able to use their echolocation,” tions Wednesday afternoon. The countries had no reversals back Award (YIP), for her project doing creative research.” Kloepper said. “Everything we lecture was sponsored by the toward authoritarian regimes “Biologically inspired ap- Through her project, Kloepper Kellogg Institute of International after switching to democracy. proaches to overcome mutual will combine biology, physics see GRANT PAGE 5 Studies and focused on the “Democratic governments book Lowenthal published with are not perfect and complete Sergio Bitar titled “Democratic anywhere,” Lowenthal said. Transitions: Conversations with “However, as democratic transi- World Leaders.” tions are occurring the propo- SMC announces new major “We know full well that ours sition is that people who are is not a book of rigorous com- involved in making that happen By NICOLE CARATAS “Everyone that I would talk to Dame. The program allows parative politics with quantifi- ought to be able to learn from Saint Mary’s Editor about it knew of a student that Saint Mary’s students to gradu- able and comparable data … we cases where [democratization] was interested,” he said. “You ate with a degree from Saint focused must of our attention has succeeded.” The Saint Mary’s department add those all up and see that it’s Mary’s before transferring to on political leaders at the apex According to Lowenthal, he of chemistry and physics will quite a few students who have Notre Dame for a fifth year to of government parties or politi- and Bitar more than over three offer majors in the field of phys- been interested in physics, not earn their engineering degree. cal movements,” he said. “[This hours interviewing these politi- ics in addition to the existing just one.” Chris Dunlap, chair of chem- book is a] different form of com- cians in order to understand the chemistry major. According to Bentley, the de- istry and physics at the College, parative politics but it produces contributions made toward the Ian Bentley, associate profes- partment discussed the poten- said when Bentley was hired something that may or may not democratic progress. sor of chemistry and physics, tial of creating a physics major, in the fall of 2014, there was no be political science, but it cer- “We had a strategic objective said there was a fair amount especially to support the stu- physics major or minor. tainly gives us access to political of student interest in having dents in the engineering dual wisdom which may be harder to see LECTURE PAGE 3 physics as a major. degree program with Notre see PHYSICS PAGE 5 NEWS PAGE 3 VIEWPOINT PAGE 7 SCENE PAGE 9 FOOTBALL PAGE 16 MEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE 16 2 TH E OBSERVER | THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2016 | ndsmcObseRVER.COM TODAY Have a question you want answered? 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