the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 45 : Issue 3 thursday, august 26, 2010 ndsmcobserver.com Eddy Street development progresses Home sweet home Students return, adjust from studying abroad Dame. By SAM STRYKER “It’s fun to see everyone News Writer again. Going abroad reminds me how important everyone is Senior Mike Taylor spent to me,” he said. last semester studying abroad Senior Steven Ouyang, who in Puebla, Mexico, and now spent the spring semester in that he’s back at Notre Dame, London, agreed but noted that he often finds himself subcon- being back at Notre Dame sciously speaking Spanish does have its restrictions. instead of his native language. “I miss being able to travel “Speaking Spanish all the to so many places easily and time was tough at first, but cheaply,” he said. once you get over that it really For senior Liz Morgan, who pays,” he said. “There will be returned from a semester in times now where I’ll start Athens, Greece, local trans- speaking and I’ll catch myself portation has actually proven because I’m speaking to be easier to use at Notre Spanish.” Dame than abroad. As students who have “I was glad to come back recently spent time studying and be able to drive around,” abroad shift back to campus she said. “It’s easier to trans- life at Notre Dame, they say port yourself here. It is nice their return to Notre Dame is not having to walk 30 minutes both exciting and a reminder to class.” of what they miss from their Sophomore Louis Medina, time abroad. who spent his summer study- Taylor said reuniting with ing in Toledo, Spain, said he friends he had not seen for misses one of the country’s months was the most exciting part of returning to Notre see ABROAD/page 4 DAN JACOBS/The Observer Kildare’s Irish Pub is one of several new businesses that opened over the summer at Eddy Street Commons. Jamba Juice and Camellia Cosmetics will open in the coming months. Chris Jackowiak, property Kildare’s Irish Pub, The Mark By LAURA McCRYSTAL manager for The Foundry Lofts Dine & Tap, Nicholas J Salon & News Editor and Apartments, said the apart- Spa and Fairfield Inn and Suites ments are currently at 78 percent began operation. Kilwin’s A year since Eddy Street occupancy. Chocolates & Ice Cream, Jamba Commons opened, nearly all of its “We just moved in approxi- Juice and Camellia Cosmetics are storefronts and living options are mately 83 residents within the scheduled to open in the coming filled. last three weeks,” she said. “So months, Wick said. Five new businesses opened at it’s been very busy here.” Wick said Kildare’s, which Eddy Street Commons during the Located directly south of cam- opened on Aug. 5, has been very summer and three more are pus at the corner of Angela successful. It is a chain restau- scheduled to open this fall, said Boulevard and Eddy Street, Eddy rant and pub, with other loca- Lori Wick, director of marketing Street Commons offers shopping, tions in Pennsylvania, Delaware for Kite Realty. dining and living spaces. It and North Carolina. Photo courtesy of Mike Taylor “We had a lot of activity after opened in the fall of 2009. Notre Dame students attend a Chivas soccer game in May,” she said. Over the summer, AT&T, see EDDY/page 5 Guadalajara, Mexico last spring. Saint Mary’s houses rare Bible Students stay busy By ALICIA SMITH over summer holiday Associate Saint Mary’s Editor “My finals ended on Friday Saint Mary’s College is the By SARA FELSENSTEIN and I flew to Dublin the next new home for a reproduction News Writer day. I got home in August of the Saint John’s Bible, a and hadn’t been home since book worth about $145,000, This summer was anything January,” she said. comprised of seven volumes, but lazy for Notre Dame stu- Brosnihan lived in a flat and nearly two feet tall when dents, who kept busy intern- with other Notre Dame stu- all seven volumes are stacked ing at various companies dents. She did legal research upon one another. across the country, working for the Department of Justice After being blessed at the at their summer jobs close to and Law Reform and worked College’s opening Mass home or traveling to foreign on their Judicial Review. Wednesday morning, a repro- countries. “Getting to live and work in duction of the Bible was pre- Senior Claire Brosnihan another country was really sented to the Cushwa- had been studying abroad in rewarding. You just get a dif- Leighton Library, where it Angers, France, last semes- ferent perspective on what will be be displayed perma- ter and traveled straight to the culture is,” she said. “By nently. Dublin, Ireland, after the seeing the Irish justice sys- “It’s a physical treasure, its ALICIA SMITH/The Observer This reproduction of the Saint John’s Bible is now on display in semester ended for an see BIBLE/page 5 the Cushwa-Leighton Library at Saint Mary’s College. internship. see SUMMER/page 5 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Annual biathalon preview page 3 N B-1 Block Party preview page 8 N Football team has disappointing practice page 16 N Viewpoint page 7 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Thursday, August 26, 2010 INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS THE BEST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU THIS WEEK? Quarter dogs? Every year before I come to school I get a $10 roll of quarters from the bank at home. My mom thinks I get them for Andrew Moser Ryan Dunbar Greg Morman Gayan Hettipola Elizabeth Andrews laundry. Nope, I use the money she puts in Domer Dollars for that. junior sophomore sophomore junior junior Those 40 quarters Keenan Keenan Keenan Siegfried Pasquerilla West are for the 40 quar- ter dogs I will eat before fall break. “I saw Scott “Helping with “Learning that “I realized I am “Chris Bell.” WAIT?!?! No more Pilgrim vs. The Frosh-O.” Guster is going abroad quarter dogs?! They World. Great coming to Notre and I have two are now called MID- NIGHT DOGS?!?! movie.” Dame.” more weeks of Actually, that’s not break while a big deal. everyone else THEY COST 33 Douglas Farmer CENTS?!?! has class.” Let me repeat that: Sports Editor The day-old hot Have an idea for Question of the Day? E-mail [email protected] dogs that used to cost one coin with George Washington’s head on it NOW COST 33 CENTS!!!!! Who made this decision to raise the IN BRIEF price by eight cents? Was it the head of Food Services or simply a sadistic man- Selections from the ager of the Huddle Mart? Someone must Wi l l i a m M c G r a w take responsibility for this travesty. Photography Collection will Someone must explain why EIGHT be on display in the CENTS is worth endangering tradition, O’Shaughnessy Galleries II convenience, education, world peace and and III in the Snite Museum healthy livers. of Art at 10 a.m. today. My oldest brother graduated from Notre Dame in 2000, and his sole piece The Saint Mary’s College of advice when I enrolled in 2008 was, Campus Ministry Department “Find out when quarter dogs are at will show “The Making of LaFortune.” Saint John’s Bible” in the And it really was that simple. I would Atrium at 11:30 a.m. today. wait until restlessness hit shortly after midnight, grab two quarters, find the Shakespeare at Notre guys downstairs, and we would all pro- Dame will present crastinate for an hour. “Cymbeline” i n D e c i o Now? All I can find is a quarter, two Mainstage Theatre in the pennies and a nickel. Guess I’m out of DeBartolo Performing Arts luck. Without that refresher, all six of us Center at 7:30 p.m. tonight. are too tired to keep working. To bed Tickets are on sale for $12- each of us goes. $35. What’s next? Well, first, none of us fin- ished our work. From day one, we’re The RecSports Biathlon behind, bound only to fall further behind TOM LA/The Observer will begin at 1 0 : 3 0 a . m . in class. Grades will drop. Alex will prob- Defensive linemen prepare for the upcoming football season with a drill S a t u r d a y a t S t . J o s e p h ably fail out. With the money he didn’t Wednesday afternoon. Irish coach Brian Kelly said he was disappointed with team Beach. Participants can reg- spend on half-cooked hot dogs, he’ll take effort during the practice. The Irish will face Purdue at home on Sept. 4. ister online on RecRegister. up alcoholism. By age 30, he is going to need a new liver. All because some The musical “ K i s s M e anonymous higher power raised the K a t e ” will be shown at price of “midnight dogs” to 33 cents. Leighton Concert Hall in the But Alex won’t be alone. The rest of us OFFBEAT DeBartolo Performing Arts might not fail out of school, but our GPAs C e n t e r a t 7 : 3 0 p . m . will become tainted and our recommen- Man shot in head feels but later forgot about it. Sun newspaper on Saturday. Tickets cost $12- dations from teachers won’t be as glow- bullet four years later He said at first he had Wednesday: "I really don't $25.