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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 78 | TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2013 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM ND encourages liberal arts education Actress By MARISA IATI important they can analyze, News Writer think creatively and develop designs. speaks While technology jobs domi- Engineers with such skills nate the top 10 of U.S. News’ are in a unique position to list of the 100 Best Jobs of 2013, shape public policy, Kilpatrick at SMC Notre Dame continues to em- said. phasize the value of a liberal “We should have more sena- By MEAGHAN DALY arts education. tors and congressmen and News Writer Notre Dame requires stu- presidents who are engineers, dents to complete 14 liberal not just lawyers,” he said. “I Saint Mary’s welcomed Tony arts courses in different dis- think engineers very much and Grammy Award winner ciplines in order to graduate, need an appreciation for the Audra McDonald on Monday according to the University social impact of the work that evening at 7:30 p.m. at the website. In 2010, there were they do in terms of building Gillespie Center at the Hilton 2,333 students enrolled in the infrastructure.” Garden Inn. She took the stage College of Arts and Letters. Students outside the College among students, professors, The College of Engineering en- of Engineering should be ex- faculty members and other rolled 937 students the same posed to quantitative analy- members from the South Bend year. sis, Kilpatrick said. He said community. Dean Peter Kilpatrick of the several departments within SARA SHOEMAKE | The Observer McDonald was brought to College of Engineering said the College of Arts and Letters be business students who are said. Saint Mary’s as this year’s technology education and the are starting to introduce these properly skilled in analytics or Dean John McGreevy of the Margaret Hill Endowed liberal arts do not need to be concepts. even Arts and Letters students College of Arts and Letters Visiting Artist. This is an an- mutually exclusive. He said a “A lot of the engineering who take coursework in quan- agreed students with liberal nual event made possible by liberal arts background ben- students that go into analyt- tifying things, data analytics, efits engineers because it is ics jobs could just as easily that sort of thing,” Kilpatrick see LIBERAL ARTS PAGE 7 see ACTRESS PAGE 7 Second fire in almost three months hits College By JILLIAN BARWICK release stated. “The sprin- The College notified stu- Saint Mary’s Editor kling system above the cur- dents of the fire around 7 a.m. tains was working and a Monday via text, email and For the second time in less security officer used a fire ex- phone call with an automated than three months, Moreau tinguisher to further contain voice recording. The messag- Hall on Saint Mary’s campus the fire.” es also let students know that caught fire Sunday night. When the Notre Dame Fire classes in Moreau were can- Saint Mary’s Security and Department arrived at the celled for the day. Notre Dame Fire Department scene, they found the cur- Senior Mariah Niedbalski were alerted of a fire in the tains were still on fire, ac- learned of the fire through O’Laughlin Auditorium on cording to the release. social media before she had Sunday night at 10:59 p.m., “Clay Fire Territory and the heard from the College. according to a press release South Bend Fire Department “Around midnight I saw a from director of media rela- also responded to the call,” friends Facebook status saying tions Gwen O’Brien. the release stated. “No one ‘I survived the great Moreau “Security officers were the was in the auditorium when fire, again?’” Niedbalski said. ALLISON D’AMBROSIA | The Observer first to respond to the alarm security and the fire crews ar- “Our school didn’t send out Fire trucks and emergency response vehicles park outside Moreau and found the curtains at rived. The cause of the fire is late Sunday night, trying to control the fire and minimalize damage. stage left on fire,” the press under investigation.” see FIRE PAGE 6 Fr. Lies honored with award Election tickets By CATHERINE OWERS also admirable. The organi- from Catholic Charities USA. News Writer zations presented him with “I’m humbled and hon- announced a “Keep the Dream Alive” ored to have received [the Fr. William Lies, vice presi- award in Washington D.C. award], and I accepted it Observer Staff Report The following tickets dent for Mission Engagement on Jan. 12 at Holy Comforter- for the Center for Social were announced: sopho- and Church Affairs, has al- St. Cyprian Roman Catholic Concerns and on behalf of The Judicial Council an- mores Billy Christy and ways admired the work of Dr. Church. Notre Dame,” Fr. Lies said, nounced six tickets for the Patrick Roemer; juniors Martin Luther King Jr. The award honors King “Especially as it was given in upcoming student govern- Alex Coccia and Nancy But for the Catholic “by presenting awards to the name of Dr. King who has ment elections for the of- Joyce; junior Michael Masi Charities Archdiocese of contemporary heroes work- been a hero of mine and of so fices of president and vice and sophomore Timothy Washington and Catholic ing to keep his dream alive,” president, set to take place Charities USA, Lies himself is according to a press release see AWARD PAGE 6 Wednesday, Feb. 6. see TICKET PAGE 7 WINTER CAREER FAIR PAGE 3 VIEWPOINT PAGE 8 SCENE PAGE 10 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PAGE 20 2 THE OBSERVER | TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2013 | NDSMCOBSERVER.COM TODAY Have a question you want answered? QUESTION OF THE DAY: Email [email protected] ndsmcobserver.com What is your favorite TV show? P.O. 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