Mass Honors Life of Graduate Student Nearly 100 Seniors Go on Retreat
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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 75 | MONDAY, JanUARY 27, 2014 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Mass honors life of graduate student Oscar- Students show their support for late graduate student Friday morning winner By ANN MARIE JAKUBOWSKI Fisher Hall, presided at the friend to many of you,” Metz biomolecular engineering News Editor ceremony. In his homily, he said. “I never got the chance program. The University did urged attendees to join in cel- to meet Akash, but when I not comment on the cause of to visit While they may not have ebration of Sharma’s life. learned he played cricket on his death, but friends said he known him personally, many the quad … I knew I must have died of health-related causes. students might remember seen him once or twice.” Sharma served as co-presi- theater Akash Sharma from the sight Metz said Sharma’s advisors dent of the Indian Association of him playing cricket in front and friends described him as a of Notre Dame during the of Stinson-Remick Hall of “very friendly person,” always 2012-2013 academic year and Engineering. smiling, and a good listener was a teaching assistant for students Sharma, a graduate student student graduate and support source for his several classes. Sharma was Akash Sharma from Delhi, India, died Jan. 1. friends. also a member of the Notre A memorial Mass for him took A resident of Fischer Dame Men’s Boxing Club. By KATHRYN MARSHALL place Friday morning at the “[He was] our brother at Graduate Residences, Sharma His work as a teaching News Writer Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Notre Dame, a student teach- was a third-year Ph.D. stu- Fr. Brad Metz, rector of er, a bright student, a zealous dent in the chemical and see MASS PAGE 4 Award-winning actress Dianne Wiest, who appeared in such movies as “Edward Scissorhands” and “Hannah and Her Sisters,” will host Nearly 100 seniors go on retreat “An Evening with Dianne Wiest,” at 7:30 p.m. tonight in O’Laughlin Auditorium. By JACK ROONEY who God wants you to be,” The Margaret M. Hill News Writer said Morgan, who is also the Visiting Guest Artist pro- rector of Howard Hall. gram made the visit possible Over the weekend, a group MC Larme, a Notre Dame se- through an endowment made of nearly 100 Notre Dame and nior who attended the retreat, by a College alumnus who is Saint Mary’s seniors went on said the experience helped her now a New York theatre pro- took time out to reflect at the reflect on many of the ques- ducer, associate professor of beginning of their last semes- tions she faces as a senior theater Katie Sullivan said. ter of college. ready to go out into the world. “This [endowment] is a The Campus Ministry Senior “Out of the retreat, I feel like great way to give something Retreat took place Friday and I got a lot of questions about really tremendous to our Saturday in the Sacred Heart my future and a framework for students,” Sullivan said. “To Parish Center, located on the my relationship with God as I have such a program … that other side of St. Joseph’s Lake, prepare to leave Notre Dame,” in four years our students will retreat director Margaret Larme said. have met with, worked with, Morgan said. Morgan said the theme of shown their work to, had “The retreat is a chance for the retreat was “Live the Big lunch with these amazing the senior class to come to- Questions Now,” a line taken artists … to have this oppor- gether and reflect on their from a poem by Rainer Maria tunity is almost unheard of.” time at Notre Dame and what Rilke, and they wanted to Wiest has won two Oscars they’ve learned. It is also a help the seniors embrace the Photo courtesy of Rob Goodale and two Emmys among other chance to look forward and Seniors take time to reflect on the beginning of their last semester think about who you are and see RETREAT PAGE 4 of college at the Sacred Heart Parish Center this weekend. see WIEST PAGE 5 Project aims to connect ND with local music scene By EMILY McCONVILLE at The Pool, a venue located in the idea for the project arose more to do on the weekend and maintain a Facebook cal- News Writer the Central High/Stephenson from his and others’ experi- that Notre Dame really doesn’t endar that comprehensively Mills apartments. ences studying abroad, where have,” Murray said. “We lists upcoming concerts and A benefit concert on Friday According to its Facebook he said other universities’ weren’t sure there was a lot events. He said that donations will kick off The Bridge page, The Bridge Project is an campuses were more integrat- to do in South Bend, but sure from Friday’s concert would Project, a new initiative to in- effort to increase interactions ed into their cities. enough there is, and we’ve go towards developing the cal- crease connections between and friendships between the “They [students studying been exploring it through our endar further. members of the Notre Dame South Bend community and abroad] really just had an contacts in the community.” “There’s tons of awesome and South Bend communities. its college campuses by expos- amazing connection with the Murray said he collaborated bands in South Bend that The Notre Dame Student ing students to the local music city they were staying in and with several other students no one really knows about,” Expo, featuring five student scene. the campus they were on, just and two community members, Murray said. “Now it’s all bands and one South Bend Junior Will Murray, a stu- really benefitting from that Pool operators Dena Woods group, will take place at 6 p.m. dent founder of initiative, said connection and having a lot and Lt. 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