Volume 45: Issue 76 Monday, January 30, 2012 Ndsmcobserver.com Observer ND polices online activity Student appoints University receives complaints, investigates illegal downloading researches top editor autism Observer Staff Report By ADAM LLORENS News Writer The Observer General Board elected Sports Editor Allan Jo- The Centers for Disease seph as the 2012-13 Editor-in- Control and Prevention es- Chief on Sunday. timates that autism affects Joseph, a junior Economics one in every 110 Ameri- and Arts and Letters Prepro- can-born children. Senior fessional double major, is a na- Nicole Shea hopes through tive of Dublin, Ohio. her research, she will be A resident of Saint Edward’s able to enhance the lives Hall, Joseph of those affected both so- has led sev- cially and academically. eral sports “I am investigating how beats, in- parental autonomy support cluding foot- plays out in the life of chil- ball, hockey, dren with autism,” Shea women’s said. “My thesis is looking soccer and to see if parental autonomy men’s la- DAN AZIC I Observer Graphic support is related to aca- crosse. demic and social outcomes “ I ’ m Joseph By SAM STRYKER Though Hesburgh was cited nologies (OIT) receives every for children with autism thrilled, hon- News Editor for illegal online activity in year from various copyright spectrum disorders.” ored and humbled by this op- October 2008, he did not re- holders. In a statement to The Shea said her interest in portunity to lead The Observ- During his freshman year, ceive notice of his infraction Observer, OIT said complaints the subject sparked dur- er,” Joseph said. “I know the senior James Hesburgh said until the following July. He have been on the rise. ing her sophomore year experience will have as many he thought he was invincible received an email from the Of- “The number of complaints when she began working challenges as opportunities, when it came to downloading fice of Residence Life & Hous- received each year varies at in the Laboratory for Un- but I’m excited to tackle those music and movies illegally ing saying he was in violation the discretion of the copyright derstanding Neurodevel- challenges with the dedicated, off the Internet until he was of du Lac, the Notre Dame stu- owners … Just [this] January opment (F.U.N. Lab), which talented staff we have.” caught. dent handbook. we’ve received over 200 com- is directed by Dr. Joshua Joseph became Sports Editor “Anyone who illegally “They told me if they caught plaints. In 2011 it was closer Diehl, assistant profes- in the spring of 2011 and led downloads music online al- me again, they would turn me to 3800; in 2010 it was around sor of Psychology at Notre coverage of Irish hockey’s trip ways thinks about getting over to the RIAA (Recording 850. The copyright owners Dame. to the 2011 Frozen Four and, as caught, somehow … but you Industry Association of Amer- have also changed their tac- “During my junior year a beat writer, the 2010 women’s never know anyone who has ica).” tics and priorities over the I took a class called ‘Mo- soccer National Championship. personally been caught,” he Hesburgh’s violation was years.” tivation and Learning’ un- said. “You never really think one of hundreds of complaints see EDITOR/page 4 it will happen to you.” the Office of Information Tech- see DOWNLOADS/page 4 see AUTISM/page 4 University hosts conference on gender and foodways By ANNA BOARINI food at levels and ways across News Writer the board … Newt Gingrich is [attacking] Obama as the food Food and gender everywhere, stamp president … Michelle but never a bite to link … or is Obama is launching anti-obesity there? campaigns [and] everyone is ex- The conference, “Food Net- cessively watching the Food Net- works: Gender and Foodways,” work. There is just so much stuff hosted by the right now.” Notre Dame In addition, the conference al- gender stud- lowed Wojcik to accomplish one ies program, of her goals for the Gender Stud- explored the ies Program. link between “One of my projects running food and gender studies is to … make gender this gender studies more truly gen- past week- der studies and not women’s DAN AZIC I Observer Graphic end. studies,” she said. “Internally, P a m e l a Wojcik I’ve been trying to work on it to Betsy Cornwell, a Masters of of the other MFA students ever that is present in their work at Wojcik, di- bring in more issues of mascu- Fine Arts (MFA) student in cre- wrote about food and gender,” the conference. rector of the Gender Studies linity, queerness, trying to get ative writing, served as the chair she said. “And [those themes are] “[Our disciplines are] all re- Program, said the conference al- more departments involved and of the panel, “Appetite: Creative pretty much all I write about.” ally, really different, so it was a lowed for a dialogue that focused to emphasize the interdisciplin- Writers on Food, Gender and Cornwell and two other MFA great sample,” Cornwell said. on a popular topic. ary qualities of gender studies.” Self.” students, Seth Oelbaum and Kimberly Roland, a double “I started thinking about She said if food and gender “I actually heard about the Carina Finn, each read some of major in Political Science and food just because it is clearly a could be combined, it would pro- conference because I was tak- their work and hosted a round- Humanistic Studies at Saint Hu- dominant topic in the culture,” duce an interesting interdisci- ing a class with Pam Wojcik, and table discussion about the she said. “We’re talking about plinary dialogue. she asked me one day if [I] or any themes of food, gender and self see FOOD/page 4 INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Gong Fu club grows page 3 u Viewpoint page 8 u In Good Company: Getting ready for the career fair page 10 u Men’s basketball beats UConn page 20 page 2 | ndsmcobserver.com The Observer u DAY-TO-DAY Monday, January 30 , 2012 QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT WOULD ENHANCE THE NOTRE DAME EXPERIENCE? www.ndsmcobserver.com P.O. 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