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THE INDEPENDENT TO UNCOVER NEWSPAPER SERVING THE TRUTH NOTRE DAME AND AND REPORT SAINT Mary’s IT ACCURATELY VOLUME 46, ISSUE 26 | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM University invites candidates to campus Jenkins, Rocheleau extend speaking invitations to presidential nominees, running mates By SAM STRYKER letters to each candidate of- Assistant Managing Editor fering the University as a “forum for serious political If Notre Dame has its way, discussion,” the press release the road to the White House stated. may take a pass through The invitations are also South Bend. open to both of the candi- Notre Dame announced dates’ running mates, Vice Monday that University pres- President Joe Biden and Rep. ident Fr. John Jenkins and Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), accord- student body president Brett ing to the press release. The Rocheleau have extended in- invitations are intended “to vitations to President Barack provide the campus com- Obama and Republican munity a firsthand impres- presidential candidate Mitt sion of the contenders and Romney to speak on cam- their messages,” the release pus during the fall election stated. campaign, according to a University spokesman University press release. Dennis Brown said any ap- Continuing a 60-year pearances on campus would University tradition, Jenkins KIRBY MCKENNA | The Observer and Rocheleau addressed see CANDIDATES PAGE 3 Fencers Week fosters positive Walk honored body image, eating habits to fight By NICOLE MICHELS at White News Writer mental At a University full of talented students, ath- House letes and leaders, a group illness of psychology students are By TORI ROECK taking the initiative to re- By JILLIAN BARWICK News Writer mind their peers of the im- Saint Mary’s Editor portance of positive body After representing the images. For Saint Mary’s junior Alex United States in this sum- These students are del Pilar, the statistics on sui- mer’s London Olympics, two bringing what they’ve cide are a painful reminder of Notre Dame students and learned in the classroom to a personal tragedy. As a sopho- one alumna were recently the student body in hope of more in high school, del Pilar given another once-in-a- educating students about lost a brother to suicide, which lifetime experience — this the causes and dangers of compelled her to get involved time, stateside. eating disorders as part of LAURA LAWS | The Observer in its prevention. Senior fencers Gerek Eating Disorder Awareness our lives, and have overly dorms, some girls will be “It was only [once] I learned Meinhardt and Courtney Week. critical cultural opinions at the dining halls with a the seriousness of mental ill- Hurley and Hurley’s sis- Senior Carolyn Bates, on body images,” Bates pledge about ending nega- nesses that I knew I wanted ter, 2010 alumna and fencer a psychology major cur- said. “We want to be sure tive body talk, and [se- to make a difference in other Kelley Hurley, were invited rently studying eating dis- that while trying to be the nior] Suzy [Fanuele] and I peoples lives by spreading to the White House to be orders in an upper-level best that we still keep ev- wrote a Viewpoint article awareness,” she said. “Since his honored alongside other re- psychology class, said erything in perspective.” for [Monday’s] Observer,” death, I believe he has given me turning Olympians on Sept. Notre Dame’s competitive Bates said she and her Bates said. “Some girls are the power and courage to reach 14. environment can leave co-organizers are bring- planning on doing some out to those in need. Everyone Meinhardt, a member of students susceptible to de- ing the message of positive art with sidewalk chalk to has a story, and I believe every- the fourth-place-finishing veloping unhealthy body body images to the student get positive body messages one should be heard.” men’s team foil, said he was images. body from a number of out there … It seemed like Del Pilar got involved with impressed by the welcome “We’re hoping to raise directions. a lot of our class wanted to Project Hope: Get Grounded, a the U.S. Olympians and awareness of the fact that “All of us are doing focus on helping positive suicide prevention walk, in the Paralympians received from as students on this cam- things to raise awareness body affirmations reach a hope of using her experience to pus we’re always trying to on campus: Some girls see FENCERS PAGE 3 be the best in every area of are doing things in the see AWARENESS PAGE 5 see WALK PAGE 5 Sharing the Magic NANOTECHNOLOGY PAGE 3 VIEWPOINT PAGE 8 SCENE PAGE 10 INTERHALL PAGE 20 DIGGER PHELPS PAGE 20 2 THE OBSERVER | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM TODAY Have a question you want answered? 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